by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in South Dakota” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Elementary Education is the 17th most popular major in the country with 43,003 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across South Dakota, there were 259 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,795 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in South Dakota” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in elementary education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in elementary education.
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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 a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in South Dakota” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota master’s degree elementary teaching students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinte Gleska University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Mission, South Dakota, this small public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s elementary teaching students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in South Dakota list. University of South Dakota is a public institution located in Vermillion, South Dakota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 61 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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