2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in South Dakota

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in South Dakota” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Design & Applied Arts is the 34th most popular major in the country with 36,854 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, design and applied arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,542 and had an average of $27,114 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 45 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,100 and $26,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great design and applied arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the design and applied arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The design school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in South Dakota”.

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Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in South Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota associate degree design students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in South Dakota

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$18,555 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the #1 spot on the list. USD is a medium-sized school located in Vermillion, South Dakota that handed out 2 associates’s design degrees in 2019-2020.

USD also made our “Best Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for USD is $18,555 for South Dakota Associate Degree Design students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 Design & Applied Arts at USD

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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