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VERMILLION, S.D. (KELO.com) —
An important accolade has been bestowed upon the University of South Dakota.
USD was ranked highest of all South Dakota and North Dakota universities in the latest US News and World Report’s “Best National Universities” list.
In the “Best Colleges 2021” guidebook USD ranked #249, up 14 spots from last year.
This is the 29th consecutive year USD has been ranked as one of the “Best National Universities” by the magazine.
USD also ranked the highest of South Dakota and North Dakota public Universities in the “Top Public Schools” list, coming in at #121.
U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges rankings compare bachelor’s degree-granting institutions from across the nation on 17 diverse measures of academic quality, such as student-faculty ratios, graduation and retention rates, financial resources, average ACT/SAT scores of admitted students and alumni giving.
Schools in the National Universities category offer a full range of undergraduate majors, plus master’s and Ph.D. programs.
According to U.S. News and World Report, these colleges also are committed to producing groundbreaking research.
