2022 Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota

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In 2019-2020, 32,654 people earned their degree in general educational leadership and administration, making the major the 33rd most popular in the United States.

Across South Dakota, there were 133 general educational leadership and administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 116 general educational leadership and administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general educational leadership and administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general educational leadership and administration programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general educational leadership and administration program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Educational Leadership & Administration in South Dakota

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$12,637 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota list. University of South Dakota is a medium-sized school located in Vermillion, South Dakota that handed out 95 masters’s educational leadership and administration degrees in 2019-2020.

USD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Dakota are $12,637, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Educational Leadership & Administration at USD

#2

University of Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$7,110 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Sioux Falls landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Sioux Falls is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s educational leadership and administration degrees to qualified students.

University of Sioux Falls also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Sioux Falls are $7,110.

Full University of Sioux Falls General Educational Leadership & Administration Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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