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 Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in South Dakota to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 2023 rankings named University of South Dakota the most popular school in South Dakota for students working on their graduate certificate. USD is a public institution located in Vermillion, South Dakota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 56 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 63% of those degree recipients were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at USD. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 58% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at South Dakota State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in South Dakota. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, the fairly large public school awarded 27 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Around 74% of those degree recipients were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at South Dakota State. In fact, around 45% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a great place for students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Rapid City, South Dakota, the small public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Around 16% of those degree recipients were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at SD Mines. In fact, around 44% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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. Mitchell, South Dakota is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 24 students in 2020-2021.
Around 54% of those degree recipients were women.
Dakota Wesleyan University 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. In fact, around 31% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class 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. Located in Madison, South Dakota, the small public school handed out 7 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Around 29% of those degree recipients were women.
Dakota State does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 96% took at least some of their classes online.
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. Sioux Falls, South Dakota is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 50% were women.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out North American Baptist Seminary. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Mount Marty University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. Located in Yankton, South Dakota, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Mount Marty. During the 2019-2020 year, about 91% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Northern State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list.
One thing to take note of is that NSU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 84% took at least some of their classes online.
Sinte Gleska University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list.
Black Hills State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate programs.
One thing to take note of is that BHSU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 86% 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 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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