2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, liberal arts general studies was ranked 9th in South Dakota. In fact, 222 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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.

Check out the liberal arts programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Liberal Arts General Studies School

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, SD

65 Degrees

#2 in Quality in South Dakota

$9,299 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found South Dakota State University to be the best value school for liberal arts general studies students who want to pursue a degree in South Dakota. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school located in the town of Brookings.

South Dakota State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,299 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, liberal arts graduates from South Dakota State carry an average student debtload of $21,406.

South Dakota State also took the #2 spot in our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in South Dakota rankings.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at South Dakota State University Report

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Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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