2021 Best Colleges in South Dakota for Students from Norway

International students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Norwegian Students in South Dakota ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

After analyzing 2 schools in South Dakota, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Norwegian students in South Dakota. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall quality as determined by our Best Colleges ranking and the percentage of international students on campus.

See what other factors we include in our ranking methodology.

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We know that one set of rankings doesn't always help you determine the best school for you, so we've created the ability to narrow your list by location as well as alternative rankings that prioritize different factors such as those of importance to online students or returning adults or those who value diversity and value for your money.

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Top Colleges in South Dakota for Students from Norway

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Augustana University
Sioux Falls, SD

$35,914 Avg Tuition & Fees

4.1% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named Augustana University the best school for Norwegian students in South Dakota working on their bachelor’s degree. Augustana Sioux Falls is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 567 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

Of the total number of students at the school, 4.1% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at Augustana Sioux Falls are Ethiopia, Norway, and China.

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2

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, SD

$16,530 Avg Tuition & Fees

5.8% International Students

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Norwegian students in South Dakota list. Located in Rapid City, South Dakota, the small public school handed out 360 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 5.8% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at SD Mines come from such countries as India, China, and Nepal.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.