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 Liberal Arts Major in South Dakota” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 556,813 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, liberal arts general studies is the 1st most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,337 and had an average of $17,430 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Dakota, there were 222 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,858 and $20,104 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 121 liberal arts 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 Liberal Arts Major in South Dakota” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts general studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their liberal arts general studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in South Dakota”.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Black Hills State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Spearfish, South Dakota, this small public school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s liberal arts students in 2020-2021.
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 for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in South Dakota. USD is a medium-sized school located in Vermillion, South Dakota that handed out 52 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in South Dakota list. This small school is located in Madison, South Dakota, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Dakota State University Liberal Arts General Studies Report
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 Liberal Arts Major in South Dakota list. NSU is a public institution located in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Augustana University landed the #5 spot on the list. Sioux Falls, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at Augustana Sioux Falls
With a ranking of #6, South Dakota State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in South Dakota list. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 25 bachelors’s liberal arts 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 Liberal Arts General Studies at South Dakota State
Mount Marty University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in South Dakota ranking. Located in Yankton, South Dakota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s liberal arts students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Sinte Gleska University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in South Dakota ranking. Sinte Gleska University is located in Mission, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at Sinte Gleska University
University of Sioux Falls ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in South Dakota list. Located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s liberal arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
Full University of Sioux Falls Liberal Arts General Studies Report
Dakota Wesleyan University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in South Dakota list. Dakota Wesleyan University is located in Mitchell, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Dakota Wesleyan University Liberal Arts General Studies Report
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