DSU Still Number 1

Posted on Monday, August 25, 2008

For the third consecutive year, Dakota State University in Madison is the highest ranked public baccalaureate college in the Midwest according to U.S. News & World Report magazine's annual analysis of "America's Best Colleges 2009."

Dakota State President Dr. Doug Knowlton says he hopes everyone associated with Dakota State, including the alumni, faculty, staff, students and all the citizens of South Dakota are proud of this ongoing recognition.

U.S. News categorizes the nation's schools by mission and in some cases, region. They base the overall rankings on several measures of academic excellence including graduation and retention rate, ACT percentiles, class size, student to faculty ratios, and alumni giving. The colleges are also asked to do a peer assessment of the other schools in their category. Scores for each measure are weighted to arrive at the final rankings.

Dakota State offers undergraduate majors in education, arts and sciences, and business and information systems, graduate degrees in information systems, educational technology, and information assurance, and a Doctor of Science degree in information systems. The University recently added a computer game design undergraduate degree.