2023 Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Ag Mech
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Ranked Colleges
41
Degrees Awarded
$20,300
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Ag Mech” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Agricultural Mechanization is the 644th most popular major in the country with 448 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across South Dakota, there were 41 agricultural mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Ag Mech” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural mechanization. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural mechanization programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the agricultural mechanization program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Ag Mech
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Ag Mech”.
Top 2 Best Agricultural Mechanization Colleges for Veterans 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 Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Ag Mech list. South Dakota State University is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 18 ’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.
South Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Among the 11,405 students enrolled at South Dakota State, 369 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 158 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,731. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at South Dakota State University]](/colleges/south-dakota-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Ag Mech that were part of this year’s ranking, Mitchell Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Mitchell Technical College is a small school located in Mitchell, South Dakota that handed out 23 ’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.
Mitchell Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 67 of the 1,162 students enrolled at Mitchell Technical College were GI Bill® students, of which 24 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,895. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Mitchell Tech]](/colleges/mitchell-technical-institute/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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