South Dakota lags far behind the rest of the nation when it comes to the number of people in the workforce with advanced degrees. Nationally, nearly 30-percent of working people have a graduate degree. In South Dakota, its only 19-percent. South Dakota State University President David Chicoine says the Board of Regents has designated three universities to take the lead in graduate education…
The state also trails in the number of jobs available for holders of advanced degrees…
Chicoine believes the state should work on both creating graduate degree jobs and increasing the number of students with advanced degrees…
South Dakota ranks about average for two year degree holders and Bachelor’s degrees. The numbers were part of a recent report submitted to the South Dakota Board of Regents.