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Northern State University
Aberdeen, SD · Public · 1,273 students · mostly bachelor degrees
7th-cheapest of 21 South Dakota colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$15,812
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$22,077
Graduation rate
49%
Admission rate
93%
Median graduate earnings
$47,618
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$22,320
Average SAT
1089
Median ACT
21
Pell grant recipients
12%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
70 programsBiology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree18 grads/yr$70,545Accounting · Bachelor's Degree20 grads/yr$67,072Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree26 grads/yr$56,571Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree30 grads/yr$53,484Sociology, General · Bachelor's Degree13 grads/yr$50,765Curriculum and Instruction · Master's Degree46 grads/yr$49,669Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree7 grads/yr$48,324Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree14 grads/yr$45,921Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree35 grads/yr$44,147
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.