2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in South Dakota

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In 2020-2021, 32,920 people earned their degree in early childhood education, making the major the 34th most popular in the United States.

Across South Dakota, there were 62 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 early childhood 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 Child development Major in South Dakota” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in early childhood education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their early childhood education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Child development Major in South Dakota

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

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in South Dakota

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Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, South Dakota

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Child development 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 child development degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Full Oglala Lakota College Early Childhood Education Report

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Sinte Gleska University
Mission, South Dakota

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Child development 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 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Early Childhood Education at Sinte Gleska University

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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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