What are the required Critical Need Occupations?
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2027-2028 Academic Year
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The Dakota Corps Scholarship Program was created to encourage South Dakota's High School Graduates to obtain their post secondary education in South Dakota, remain in the state upon completion of their education and contribute to the state of South Dakota and its citizens by working in a critical need occupation.
Students who are awarded the scholarship must agree to work in South Dakota in one of the below critical need occupations for every year they receive funding plus one year. The Critical Need Occupations for the 2027-2028 cohort are below:
Critical Need Occupations
Teaching -- K-12
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Teaching -- Secondary
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Special Education
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Math
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Foreign Language
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Science
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Vocal or Instrumental Music
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Language Arts
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English as a Second Language (ESL) or English Language Learners (ELL)
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Career and Technical Education
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Accountant / Auditor
Careers include: Budget Analysts, Credit Analysts, Financial Managers, Financial Analysts
The careers listed above are examples and are not intended to represent the complete list of qualifying careers within this critical-need area.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics - SOC 11 and SOC 13 codes within Finance Career Cluster
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Engineer: (all areas EXCEPT: mining, chemical, biomedical, and computer hardware)
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Information Technology
Careers include: Computer Information Research Scientists, Computer System Analysts, Computer Programmers, Web Developers, Software Developers-Applications, Software Developers-Systems Software
The careers listed above are examples and are not intended to represent the complete list of qualifying careers within this critical-need area.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics - all SOC 15 codes
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Registered Nurse
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Because specific majors can vary from campus to campus, the Dakota Corps Scholarship does not require that students pursue a specific Major to be eligible for the scholarship, however, we do check that the major is one that would set the student up to work in one of the critical need occupations once they graduate.
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