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CollegeROIData

College Debt & ROI in Sd

15 colleges and universities in Sd with 227 school+major combinations analyzed.

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15
Schools
$24K
Avg Median Debt
$58K
Avg Year 1 Earnings
100%
Avg Graduation Rate

All Schools in Sd

National American University-Rapid City

private · 14 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $12K
Avg earnings: $63K/yr

California Intercontinental University

private · 3 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $20K
Avg earnings: $74K/yr

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $21K
Avg earnings: $80K/yr

Northern State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $51K/yr

Oglala Lakota College

public · 6 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Sisseton Wahpeton College

public · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Black Hills State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $51K/yr

Sinte Gleska University

public · 6 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Dakota State University

public · 19 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $66K/yr

Augustana University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

University of South Dakota

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

South Dakota State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

University of Sioux Falls

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Mount Marty University

private · 18 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

Dakota Wesleyan University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $30K
Avg earnings: $51K/yr

Frequently Asked Questions

CollegeROIData tracks 15 colleges and universities in Sd, covering 227 school+major combinations with debt and earnings data.

The average median student debt across all school+major combinations in Sd is $24K. First-year earnings average $58K.

Among tracked schools, National American University-Rapid City has one of the lowest average debt levels in Sd. Use our school pages to compare ROI scores by major.

this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. college cost, debt, and post-graduation earnings dataset. The detail above comes directly from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. degree-granting institutions.

Every number on this page links back to the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.

For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. degree-granting institutions with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 2026.