-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at South Dakota State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.7% → 0.0%).
South Dakota · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota. 8,798 undergraduate students. 188 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at South Dakota State University
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+11%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at South Dakota State University rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 (41.5% → 46.0%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. South Dakota
Each tile compares this institution to the South Dakota median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$55,070+11% · 6→10y
South Dakota median $46,709$49,564
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry59.6%+16% · '97→'24
South Dakota median 59.6%$16,246+232% · '97→'20
At program completion8,798+24% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS82.9%+12% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time98.7%+4% · '01→'24
latest cohort$9,299+159% · '00→'24
out-of-state $12,809SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.9%Median federal debt $16,246 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $55,070 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+218%
South Dakota State University · completion · 100% rose
14.5% → 46.0%
+12%
South Dakota State University · retention rose
75.0% → 83.8%
+24%
South Dakota State University · undergrad enrollment rose
7,430 → 9,198
+159%
South Dakota State University · in-state tuition rose
$3,590 → $9,299
+64%
South Dakota State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,806 → $12,809
+232%
South Dakota State University · median debt rose
$7,000 → $23,250
-100%
South Dakota State University · cohort default rate fell
4.6% → 0.0%
-31%
South Dakota State University · pell share fell
24.4% → 16.8%
+28%
South Dakota State University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$42,900 → $55,070
+32%
South Dakota State University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$39,600 → $52,417
+37%
South Dakota State University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$36,200 → $49,564
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.$138,305Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$120,458Computer and Information Sciences, General.$101,471Mechanical Engineering.$85,669Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$81,806Civil Engineering.$77,672Construction Engineering Technologies.$74,022Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$72,893Agricultural Mechanization.$71,449Plant Sciences.$67,485Economics.$64,860Business Administration, Management and Operations.$64,560Agricultural Business and Management.$62,893Architecture.$61,118Biology, General.$58,408Microbiological Sciences and Immunology.$57,608Mathematics.$57,178Animal Sciences.$56,528Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$53,736Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$53,427Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.$52,826Hospitality Administration/Management.$52,337Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies.$51,775Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$51,722
Showing top 24 of 45 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
45 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$72,893Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.$138,305Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$81,806Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$53,736Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$120,458Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services.$51,559
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
ARCHITECTURE · CIP 04
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at South Dakota State University
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$617,799
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $17,811
- HS-only baseline · SD
- $35,900
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 51
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in South Dakota
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“South Dakota State University graduates earn $X” — not “South Dakota State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending South Dakota State University caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.