2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physical Sciences is the 18th most popular major in the country with 52,879 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,122 and had an average of $22,339 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 124 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great physical sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the physical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in South Dakota

#1

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$19,250 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Rapid City, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s physical sciences degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

SD Mines also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SD Mines are $19,250.

Read more about Physical Sciences at SD Mines

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $48-$75k)

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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