2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) 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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 56,762 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, social work is the 8th most popular major in the United States.

Across South Dakota, there were 16 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality social work 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 social work program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota bachelor’s degree social work students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) in South Dakota

#1

University of Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$15,706 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Sioux Falls. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Sioux Falls not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. It costs about $15,706 for South Dakota Bachelor’s Degree Social Work students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Sioux Falls.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Social Work at University of Sioux Falls

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k)

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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