2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Educational/Instructional Technology in South Dakota

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In 2020-2021, 8,695 people earned their degree in educational/instructional technology, making the major the 109th most popular in the United States.

Across South Dakota, there were 21 educational/instructional technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 educational/instructional technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,795 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Educational/Instructional Technology Major in South Dakota” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in educational/instructional technology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their educational/instructional technology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Educational/Instructional Technology Major in South Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota master’s degree educational/instructional technology students.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Educational/Instructional Technology in South Dakota

1

Dakota State University
Madison, South Dakota

#6 overall quality in South Dakota

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Educational/Instructional Technology Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Dakota State is a small school located in Madison, South Dakota that handed out 12 masters’s educational/instructional technology degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Dakota State University Educational/Instructional Technology Report

2

University of Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#8 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Sioux Falls. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Educational/Instructional Technology Major in South Dakota. This small school is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and it awarded 7 masters’s educational/instructional technology degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Sioux Falls Educational/Instructional Technology Report

3

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota

#5 overall quality in South Dakota

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Educational/Instructional Technology Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s educational/instructional technology students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full USD Educational/Instructional Technology Report

4

Northern State University
Aberdeen, South Dakota

#11 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Educational/Instructional Technology Major in South Dakota. Located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, this small public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s educational/instructional technology students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Northern State University Educational/Instructional Technology 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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