2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in South Dakota

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in South Dakota for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 205,984 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, social sciences is the 5th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,262 and had an average of $23,306 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 268 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,628 and $25,967 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,795 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in South Dakota for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular social sciences programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in South Dakota for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in South Dakota for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in 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 #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in South Dakota for a Master’s list. South Dakota State University is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 21 masters’s 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%.

Full South Dakota State University Social Sciences Report

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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 #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in South Dakota for a Master’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Vermillion, South Dakota, and it awarded 50 masters’s social sciences 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 more about Social Sciences 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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