2023 Most Well Attended Public Administration & Social Service Major in South Dakota for a Master’s

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Public Administration & Social Service Major in South Dakota for a Master’s” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 98,583 people earned their degree in public administration and social service, making the major the 14th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, public administration and social service graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $40,520 and had an average of $27,642 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 173 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,516 and $21,260 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 50 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,795 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Public Administration & Social Service Major in South Dakota for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public administration and social service. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular public administration and social service programs in the United States.

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The public administration & social service 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 “Most Well Attended Public Administration & Social Service Major in South Dakota for a Master’s”.

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Most Well Attended Public Administration & Social Service Major in South Dakota for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Public Administration & Social Service Major in South Dakota for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in South Dakota

1

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota

#5 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Public Administration & Social Service Major in South Dakota for a Master’s list. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, this medium-sized public school handed out 50 degrees to qualified masters’s public administration and social service students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Public Administration & Social Service at USD

2

Sinte Gleska University
Mission, South Dakota

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Administration & Social Service Major in South Dakota for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinte Gleska University landed the #2 spot on the list. Sinte Gleska University is a public institution located in Mission, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Public Administration & Social Service at Sinte Gleska University

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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