by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in South Dakota” ranking.
With 149,215 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the 10th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,700 and had an average of $25,051 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Dakota, there were 216 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,047 and $29,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 166 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,663 and $32,117 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in South Dakota” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in visual and performing arts. That schools that top this list have a program in visual and performing arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in South Dakota”.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Black Hills State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Black Hills State University is a public institution located in Spearfish, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Black Hills State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dakota Wesleyan University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in South Dakota. Dakota Wesleyan University is a small school located in Mitchell, South Dakota that handed out 8 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Dakota Wesleyan University Visual & Performing Arts Report
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Sioux Falls landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Sioux Falls is a small school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that handed out 14 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at University of Sioux Falls
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Northern State University is a public institution located in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees 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%.
Full Northern State University Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Augustana University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in South Dakota 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 visual and performing arts degrees to 16 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 Visual & Performing Arts 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 Visual & Performing Arts Major in South Dakota list. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 60 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual and performing arts 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%.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at South Dakota State
University of South Dakota landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in South Dakota ranking. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, this medium-sized public school handed out 35 degrees to qualified bachelors’s visual and performing arts students 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%.
Sinte Gleska University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in South Dakota ranking, coming in at #8. This small school is located in Mission, South Dakota, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Sinte Gleska University Visual & Performing Arts Report
Mount Marty University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in South Dakota ranking. Mount Marty is located in Yankton, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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