2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology in South Dakota

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 Master’s in South Dakota” 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 49 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in counseling psychology. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The counseling psychology 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 Counseling Psychology Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota”.

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Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology in South Dakota

#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 Master’s in South Dakota list. This medium-sized school is located in Vermillion, South Dakota, and it awarded 26 masters’s counseling psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

USD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Counseling Psychology Master’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.

Read more about Counseling Psychology at University of South Dakota

#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 23 degrees to qualified masters’s counseling psychology students in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also made our “Best Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743.

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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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