2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Dakota

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Dakota” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Teacher Education is the 110th most popular major in the country with 8,205 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across South Dakota, there were 5 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality teacher education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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The teacher education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Dakota”.

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Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Dakota.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education in South Dakota

#1

Augustana University

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$24,072 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Augustana University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

Augustana Sioux Falls also made our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $24,072 for South Dakota Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students per year to attend Augustana University.

The low student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.

Read full report on Teacher Education at Augustana Sioux Falls

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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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