2022 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business in South Dakota (With Aid)

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 “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural Economics & Business is the 94th most popular major in the country with 8,504 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, agricultural economics and business graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,058 and had an average of $17,639 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 188 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,750 and $17,125 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural economics and business. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural economics and business programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural economics and business program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota agricultural business students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business in South Dakota (With Aid)

#1

Lake Area Technical Institute

Watertown, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$12,939 Average Net Price

$31,144 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Lake Area Technical Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. Watertown, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s agricultural business degrees to 120 students in 2019-2020.

LATI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Schools in South Dakota” list. It costs about $12,939 for South Dakota Agricultural Business students with aid per year to attend Lake Area Technical Institute.

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#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$19,252 Average Net Price

$42,425 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid list. South Dakota State University is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 56 ’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Schools in South Dakota” list. The estimated yearly cost for South Dakota State University is $19,252 for South Dakota Agricultural Business students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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 Agricultural Economics & Business at South Dakota State

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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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