2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for 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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 183,889 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, psychology is the 7th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,496 and had an average of $36,227 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 296 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 58 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent psychology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychology in South Dakota (With Aid)

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid list. South Dakota State is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our south dakota master’s degree psychology students with aid list, South Dakota State has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in Vermillion, South Dakota, and it awarded 31 masters’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our south dakota master’s degree psychology students with aid list, USD has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Dakota are $12,637, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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