2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Education in South Dakota

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in South Dakota” ranking.

Education is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 327,871 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,202 and had an average of $24,437 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 1,077 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,917 and $27,919 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,091 and $23,788 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in South Dakota” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in South Dakota” list to help you make the college decision.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in South Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota associate degree education students.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Education in South Dakota

1

Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, South Dakota

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Oglala Lakota College landed the #1 spot on the list. Kyle, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s education degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.

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2

Sinte Gleska University
Mission, South Dakota

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinte Gleska University landed the #2 spot on the list. Sinte Gleska University is a public institution located in Mission, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Mount Marty University
Yankton, South Dakota

#2 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Marty University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in South Dakota list. Mount Marty University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Yankton, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 41 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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2

Black Hills State University
Spearfish, South Dakota

#12 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Black Hills State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in South Dakota list. BHSU is a public institution located in Spearfish, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 130 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Education in the Plains States Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Education

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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