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2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$16,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,564 people earned their degree in agricultural engineering, making the major the 203rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, agricultural engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $55,175 and had an average of $22,449 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 12 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the agricultural engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota doctor’s degree ae students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in South Dakota

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. South Dakota State University is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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