2024 Best Elementary Education Schools in South Dakota
7Colleges in South Dakota
259Elementary Teaching Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in elementary education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #17 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in South Dakota to determine which ones were the best for elementary education students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 259 degrees in elementary education during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of elementary education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Elementary Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Elementary Education Schools in South Dakota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Elementary Education in South Dakota
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the elementary teaching degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student who is interested in elementary education needs to take a look at University of South Dakota. USD is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Vermillion. A Best Colleges rank of #386 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means USD is a great university overall.
There were about 61 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at USD in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in elementary education has to check out Augustana University. Augustana Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Sioux Falls. A Best Colleges rank of #363 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Augustana Sioux Falls is a great university overall.
There were about 33 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at Augustana Sioux Falls in the most recent year we have data available.
Black Hills State University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in elementary education. BHSU is a small public university located in the distant town of Spearfish. This university ranks 12th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Dakota.
There were roughly 53 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at BHSU in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Northern State University if you wish to pursue a degree in elementary education. Located in the remote town of Aberdeen, NSU is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 8th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of South Dakota.
There were approximately 38 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at NSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the remote town of Yankton, Mount Marty is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #292 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Mount Marty is a great university overall.
There were approximately 12 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at Mount Marty in the most recent data year.
University of Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Sioux Falls. This university ranks 11th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of South Dakota.
There were approximately 22 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at University of Sioux Falls in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Madison, Dakota State is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 6th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of South Dakota.
There were about 18 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at Dakota State in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of elementary education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Elementary Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
