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cords for paying on time. • A report by the TransUnion credit reporting agency says North Dakota has the nation's lowest credit card delinquency rate, at 0.36 percent. South Dakota is the next lowest, at 0.42 percent. • North Dakota and South Dakota are also among a group of four states whose customers have the lowest credit card debt. • North Dakota's average debt per borrower is about $4,000, while South Dakota's is about $4,200. • TransUnion says the average national credit card debt per borrower is almost $5,000. The average delinquency rate is 0.63 percent. •
Website praises U of SD's online education degrees
• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- A website says the University of South Dakota's online master's degrees in education are affordable and good. • The GetEducated.com site rates online university course offerings. Its founder, Vicky Phillips, says several University of South Dakota online master's courses in education get a "Best Buy" rating from the site. • The website says the overall cost of the university's master's degrees in education was about $16,700. • Phillips says that puts the online degrees in the top 20 percent in the country for affordability. •
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