2023 Most Focused Colleges for General Public Health in South Dakota

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in South Dakota” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Public Health is the 39th most popular major in the country with 22,778 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across South Dakota, there were 11 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in South Dakota” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general public health. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general public health.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in South Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota general public health students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for General Public Health in South Dakota

1

South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

#1 overall quality in South Dakota

$45,741 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,549 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in South Dakota list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s general public health degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full South Dakota State University General Public Health Report

2

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota

#5 overall quality in South Dakota

$48,161 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,548 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Dakota. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in South Dakota. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified ’s general public health students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Public Health at University of South Dakota

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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