2022 Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Student Counseling is the 73rd most popular major in the country with 14,055 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, student counseling graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,174 and had an average of $42,631 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 44 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,400 and $26,830 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in student counseling. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent student counseling programs, but they also cost less that 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 student counseling program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota master’s degree student counseling students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling in South Dakota

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$40,473 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 30 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Student Counseling at South Dakota State

#2

Northern State University

Aberdeen, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$11,814 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,240 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota. Located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, this small public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified masters’s student counseling students in 2019-2020.

NSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NSU are $11,814, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Student Counseling at NSU

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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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