by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in South Dakota” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 129,869 degrees were awarded to students with this major.
Across South Dakota, there were 214 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 113 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,663 and $32,117 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in South Dakota” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in general studies. That schools that top this list have a program in general studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in South Dakota” list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in South Dakota”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Black Hills State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in South Dakota. Spearfish, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general studies degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the #2 spot on the list. USD is a medium-sized school located in Vermillion, South Dakota that handed out 52 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 full report on General Studies at University of South Dakota
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dakota State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in South Dakota. Located in Madison, South Dakota, this small public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general studies students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in South Dakota list. NSU is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s general studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general studies degrees to 25 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%.
Dakota Wesleyan University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in South Dakota ranking, coming in at #6. Dakota Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Mitchell, South Dakota. It awarded 0 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
Mount Marty University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in South Dakota ranking, coming in at #6. Mount Marty is a small school located in Yankton, South Dakota that handed out 0 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 full report on General Studies at Mount Marty University
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