2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology in South Dakota (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 9,220 people earned their degree in counseling psychology, making the major the 81st most popular in the United States.

Across South Dakota, there were 54 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality counseling psychology 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 counseling psychology 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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Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota doctor’s degree counseling psychology students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology in South Dakota (With Aid)

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$12,637 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid list. USD is a medium-sized school located in Vermillion, South Dakota that handed out 3 doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

USD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Dakota are $12,637, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology (With Aid)

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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