2023 Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota
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The Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 11 schools in South Dakota to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota
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Our analysis found University of South Dakota to be the most popular school for students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in South Dakota. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, the medium-sized public school handed out 56 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Around 63% of those degree recipients were women.
USD does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 58% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means South Dakota State University is a great place for students working on their graduate certificate. South Dakota State is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 27 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 74% were women.
Online graduate courses are available at South Dakota State, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 45% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in South Dakota. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a small public school located in Rapid City, South Dakota that handed out 25 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 16% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since SD Mines does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 44% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Dakota Wesleyan University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. Located in Mitchell, South Dakota, the very small private not-for-profit school awarded 24 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Around 54% of those degree recipients were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Dakota Wesleyan University. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 31% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Out of the 11 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Dakota State is a public institution located in Madison, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 29% were women.
Dakota State does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 96% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Sioux Falls Seminary did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. This very small private not-for-profit school is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and it awarded 2 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 50% of those degree recipients were women.
North American Baptist Seminary is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Mount Marty University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate programs. Mount Marty University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Yankton, South Dakota that handed out 1 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Mount Marty. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 91% took at least some of their classes online.
Northern State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking.
NSU does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 84% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Sinte Gleska University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking.
With a ranking of #8, Black Hills State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since BHSU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 86% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 11 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.
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