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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in South Dakota” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Computer & IS Security is the 50th most popular major in the country with 25,918 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across South Dakota, there were 145 computer & is security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 computer & is security graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,452 and $37,011 respectively.
That schools that top this list have a program in computer & is security in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in South Dakota” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in South Dakota”.
Top 1 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer & IS Security in South Dakota
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in South Dakota list. Dakota State is located in Madison, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 21 masters’s computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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