by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Poly Sci Major in South Dakota” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Political Science is the 13th most popular major in the country with 47,549 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across South Dakota, there were 71 political science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 political science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,663 and $32,117 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Poly Sci Major in South Dakota” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in political science. That schools that top this list have a program in political science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota bachelor’s degree poly sci students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Poly Sci Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Augustana University landed the #1 spot on the list. Augustana University is a small school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that handed out 15 bachelors’s poly sci degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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 Poly Sci Major in South Dakota. University of South Dakota is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s poly sci degrees to qualified students.
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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Poly Sci Major in South Dakota list. South Dakota State is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 21 bachelors’s poly sci degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Poly Sci Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Aberdeen, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s poly sci degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Black Hills State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Poly Sci Major in South Dakota. Black Hills State University is a public institution located in Spearfish, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Sioux Falls ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Poly Sci Major in South Dakota list. Located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s poly sci students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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