2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in South Dakota

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In 2019-2020, 9,530 people earned their degree in secondary education, making the major the 88th most popular in the United States.

Across South Dakota, there were 75 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 46 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in secondary education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent secondary education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the secondary education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in South Dakota

#1

University of Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$7,110 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Sioux Falls. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota. University of Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It awarded 18 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Sioux Falls also made our “Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Sioux Falls are $7,110, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Secondary Education at University of Sioux Falls

#2

Black Hills State University

Spearfish, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$8,384 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Black Hills State University landed the #2 spot on the list. BHSU is a small school located in Spearfish, South Dakota that handed out 21 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BHSU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at BHSU are $8,384, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full BHSU Secondary Education Report

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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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