2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in South Dakota

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Dakota” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Public Health is the 26th most popular major in the country with 40,596 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, public health graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,158 and had an average of $27,396 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 45 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,795 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Dakota” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public health. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their public health program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Dakota”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in South Dakota

1

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota

#5 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Dakota list. University of South Dakota is a public institution located in Vermillion, South Dakota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees 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 full report on Public Health at University of South Dakota

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South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

#1 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Dakota list. South Dakota State University is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Public Health at South Dakota State University

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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.

Credits

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