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Best Schools for Agricultural Business in South Dakota
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest overall agricultural business education in South Dakota.
Top Schools in Agricultural Business
Lake Area Technical Institute is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in agricultural business. This mid-sized public university is located in the town of Watertown. Lake Area Technical Institute awarded about 87 agricultural business degrees in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, agricultural business degree recipients from Lake Area Technical Institute generally make around $41,340. Lake Area Technical Institute graduates carry a median of $12,000 in student loans.
More information about a degree in agricultural business from Lake Area Technical Institute
Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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