2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Native American Studies in South Dakota (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 American Indian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 421 people earned their degree in Native American studies, making the major the 578th most popular in the United States.

Across South Dakota, there were 45 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Native American studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Native American studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Native American Studies in South Dakota (With Aid)

#1

Oglala Lakota College

Kyle, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$-375 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oglala Lakota College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Kyle, South Dakota, this small public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s American Indian studies students in 2019-2020.

Oglala Lakota College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Native American Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. It costs about $-375 for South Dakota Bachelor’s Degree American Indian Studies students with aid per year to attend Oglala Lakota College. A negative average net price may seem strange, but it generally means that financial aid will more than cover the cost to attend the school.

Read more about Native American Studies at Oglala Lakota College

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Native American Studies in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Native American Studies (With Aid)

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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