by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in South Dakota” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Social Sciences is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2021-2022, 197,356 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In , social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $36,428 and had an average of $22,588 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Dakota, there were 252 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,628 and $23,746 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,526 and $16,550 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in South Dakota” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in social sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in social sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in South Dakota” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in South Dakota”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Sioux Falls. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in South Dakota. University of Sioux Falls is a small school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that handed out 30 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in South Dakota. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s social sciences students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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