by our College Data Analytics TeamStudent Counseling is a major offered under the education program of study at South Dakota State University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in student counseling, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at South Dakota State paid an average of $648 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $337 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,083 | $15,541 |
| Fees | $1,202 | $1,202 |
The median early career salary of student counseling students who receive their master’s degree from South Dakota State is $40,473 per year. That is 6% lower than the national average of $42,896.
Online degrees for the South Dakota State student counseling master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the South Dakota State Online Learning page.
About 83.3% of the students who received their Master’s in student counseling in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 82.2%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 13.3% of the student counseling master’s degrees at South Dakota State in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 36%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 26 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Student Counseling students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services | 17 |
| College Student Counseling & Personnel Services | 13 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to student counseling.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Curriculum & Instruction | 2 |
| Educational Administration | 9 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 10 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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