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2023 Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

6 Schools Ranked

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in South Dakota to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

Dakota Wesleyan University

Mitchell, South Dakota
24 Total Awards

Our 2023 rankings named Dakota Wesleyan University the most popular school in South Dakota for students working on their graduate certificate. Dakota Wesleyan University is located in Mitchell, South Dakota and has a very small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 graduate certificates to qualified students.

Around 54% of those degree recipients were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 31% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#2

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota
56 Total Awards
$7,118 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of South Dakota helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in South Dakota. University of South Dakota is a medium-sized public school located in Vermillion, South Dakota that handed out 56 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 63% were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 58% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#3

Dakota State University

Madison, South Dakota
7 Total Awards
$6,731 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Dakota State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in South Dakota. Located in Madison, South Dakota, the small public school handed out 7 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 29% were women.

In 2019-2020 about 96% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#4

Sioux Falls Seminary

Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2 Total Awards

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sioux Falls Seminary. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. North American Baptist Seminary is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and has a very small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 graduate certificates to qualified students.

Around 50% of those degree recipients were women.

Since the graduate programs at North American Baptist Seminary are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.

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#5

Northern State University

Aberdeen, South Dakota
$6,736 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern State University landed the # 5 spot on the list.

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.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 6 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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