Agriculture & Agriculture Operations is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #21 out of the 38 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools in South Dakota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 547 degrees in agriculture & agriculture operations annually.
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Best Schools for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in South Dakota
The schools below may not offer all types of agriculture & agriculture operations degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top South Dakota Schools in Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
Lake Area Technical Institute is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in agriculture & agriculture operations. Located in the town of Watertown, LATI is a public school with a small student population.
Students who graduate with their degree from the agriculture & agriculture operations program state that they receive average early career income of $41,340.
South Dakota State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in agriculture & agriculture operations. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public university with a large student population.
Those agriculture & agriculture operations students who get their degree from South Dakota State University receive $6,930 more than the standard agriculture & agriculture operations grad.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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