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Best Schools for Agriculture in South Dakota
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest overall agriculture education in South Dakota.
Top Schools in Agriculture
No school ranked higher than South Dakota State University this year for agriculture. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State University is a large public university. South Dakota State University graduates 62% of students within six years. There were roughly 75 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at South Dakota State University in the most recent data year. Students who receive their agriculture degree from South Dakota State University earn around $49,781 in the first couple years of their career. South Dakota State University graduates carry a median of $20,000 in student loans.
See the full agriculture program report for South Dakota State University
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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