-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at University of South Dakota fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.7% → 0.0%).
South Dakota · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
University of South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota. 5,239 undergraduate students. 141 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of South Dakota
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 University of South Dakota rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 (42.8% → 47.3%).
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.
$51,926+12% · 6→10y
South Dakota median $46,709$46,290
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry61.4%+33% · '97→'24
South Dakota median 59.6%$17,500+187% · '97→'20
At program completion5,239+2% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS80.0%+17% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time99.0%+828% · '01→'24
latest cohort$9,432+156% · '00→'24
out-of-state $12,942SECTION 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
4.5%Median federal debt $17,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $51,926 (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.
+33%
University of South Dakota · completion · 150% rose
45.1% → 59.9%
+140%
University of South Dakota · completion · 100% rose
19.8% → 47.3%
+17%
University of South Dakota · retention rose
68.0% → 79.3%
+156%
University of South Dakota · in-state tuition rose
$3,678 → $9,432
+64%
University of South Dakota · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,894 → $12,942
+187%
University of South Dakota · median debt rose
$8,230 → $23,592
-100%
University of South Dakota · cohort default rate fell
6.3% → 0.0%
-38%
University of South Dakota · pell share fell
29.9% → 18.7%
+25%
University of South Dakota · earnings_median_10yr rose
$41,600 → $51,926
+36%
University of South Dakota · earnings_median_8yr rose
$38,000 → $51,509
+30%
University of South Dakota · earnings_median_6yr rose
$35,500 → $46,290
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.
Medicine.$221,069Educational Administration and Supervision.$130,943Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$130,586Business Administration, Management and Operations.$108,829Accounting and Related Services.$83,795Public Administration.$79,272Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$78,933Educational Administration and Supervision.$77,319Law.$76,365Economics.$74,965Human Services, General.$74,375Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$73,993Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$70,654Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$70,466Health and Medical Administrative Services.$70,113Finance and Financial Management Services.$69,362Biology, General.$64,695Marketing.$64,279Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$63,447Business Administration, Management and Operations.$62,800Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$61,969Accounting and Related Services.$59,423Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$57,952Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$56,837
Showing top 24 of 40 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
40 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
Educational Administration and Supervision.$77,319Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$46,742Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$48,120Educational Administration and Supervision.$130,943Special Education and Teaching.$47,089Special Education and Teaching.$50,278
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$73,993Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$56,837Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$78,933Medicine.$221,069Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$45,559Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$61,969Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$54,464Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$130,586Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$63,447Health and Medical Administrative Services.$70,113Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$70,654Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$70,466
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of South Dakota
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
$634,976
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $18,608
- 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
“University of South Dakota graduates earn $X” — not “University of South Dakota makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of South Dakota 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.