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 Food Sciences for a Master’s list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s food sciences degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
South Dakota State also made our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list, coming in at #1.Of the 11,405 students enrolled at South Dakota State, 369 were 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 received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.
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