2023 Most Popular Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

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Most Popular Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

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In 2020-2021, social sciences students earned 262 degrees and certificates from a South Dakota school, making the subject the 10th in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to see which associate degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Social Sciences program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Social Sciences Associate Degree Colleges.

South Dakota State University

Brookings, SD

3 Associate Degrees

Our analysis found South Dakota State University to be the most popular school for social sciences students who want to pursue a associate degree in South Dakota. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 67% of the social sciences majors at the school.

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University of Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, SD

1 Associate Degrees

Out of the 2 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Sioux Falls landed the # 2 spot on the list. University of Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Sioux Falls.

State	Degrees Awarded
Kansas	1,073
Minnesota	2,741
Iowa	1,455
Missouri	2,156
Nebraska	833
North Dakota	194

Major	Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government	49,282
Economics	49,055
Sociology	38,475
General Social Sciences	18,997
International Relations & National Security	14,306
Anthropology	11,415
Criminology	11,039
Geography & Cartography	8,526
Other Social Sciences	2,414
Urban Studies	1,507
Sociology & Anthropology	541
Archeology	339
Demography & Population Studies	88

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Education	327,871
Psychology	195,678
Communication & Journalism	120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	55,820
History	32,731

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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