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2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,412 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,213 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Plant Sciences School for You

With 79 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, plant sciences is the #35 most popular major in South Dakota.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value programs for plant sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in South Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for plant sciences majors pursuing a .

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Plant Sciences

$9,299 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the best value school in South Dakota for plant sciences students. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the town of Brookings.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Dakota State are $9,299 per year. Plant Sciences majors at South Dakota State take out an average of $23,250 in student loans while working on their egree.

South Dakota State also made our Best Plant Sciences Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #2.

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$7,524 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Mitchell Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the rural area of Mitchell, Mitchell Tech is a public school with a small student population.

Mitchell Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $7,524 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Plant Sciences Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 142
Minnesota 62
Kansas 93
Iowa 175
Nebraska 131
North Dakota 22

More Plant Sciences Rankings in South Dakota

One of 16 majors within the area of study, plant sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Plant Sciences

Related Major Annual Graduates
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians 8,646
Animal Science 8,294
Agricultural Economics & Business 8,098
General Agriculture 3,370
Horticulture 3,234

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Lufa Farms.

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