2022 Best Value Colleges for Public Administration in South Dakota (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Admin Schools in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid” 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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration programs and cost less that 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 public administration program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Public Admin Schools in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Public Administration in South Dakota (With Aid)

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$18,555 Average Net Price

$45,076 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 in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, this medium-sized public school awarded 34 degrees to qualified ’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our south dakota public admin students with aid list, USD has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Public Administration Schools in South Dakota” ranking. It costs about $18,555 for South Dakota Public Admin students with aid per year to attend USD.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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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