2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $0-$30k) in South Dakota

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Public Administration is the 58th most popular major in the country with 17,269 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,859 and had an average of $42,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 34 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,100 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public administration 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $0-$30k) in South Dakota

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$12,637 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$83,177 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Vermillion, South Dakota, and it awarded 20 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

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

Read more about Public Administration at USD

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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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