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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $75-$110k) in South Dakota

1 Ranked Colleges
2 Degrees Awarded
$16,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master's in South Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Human Development & Family Studies is the 41st most popular major in the country with 41,651 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, human development and family studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,032 and had an average of $24,110 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 91 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,200 and $16,583 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality human development and family studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the human development and family studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $75-$110k) in South Dakota

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 2 masters’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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