by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Dakota Wesleyan University landed the #979 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
In addition, Dakota Wesleyan University took the #9 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 58.6% of the total graduate students at Dakota Wesleyan University are women and 41.4% are men.
About 11.2% of the graduate students who attend Dakota Wesleyan University are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 3.3% of graduate students hail from another country. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $15,300 | $15,300 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from Dakota Wesleyan University enter careers with an average starting salary of $61,623. That's good news for those graduates since it is 5% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Dakota Wesleyan University.
Contact details for Dakota Wesleyan University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1200 W University Ave, Mitchell, SD 57301-4398 |
| Phone: | 605-995-2600 |
| Website: | www.dwu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/dwublue |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/dakotawesleyan |
In 2020-2021, 17.9% of the graduate students at Dakota Wesleyan University took at least one class online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Allied Health Professions | 5 |
| Educational Administration | 21 |
| Other Business, Management & Marketing | 12 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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