2023 Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Education for a Bachelor’s
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Education for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
General Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,719 and had an average of $23,394 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Dakota, there were 88 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,320 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,663 and $32,117 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general education programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 general education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Education for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Education for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in South Dakota
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Education for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Sioux Falls landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Sioux Falls is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
University of Sioux Falls also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Sioux Falls supports 1,628 students, and 59 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 32 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,281. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Sioux Falls offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Sioux Falls]](/colleges/university-of-sioux-falls/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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