2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s 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 Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 6,905 people earned their degree in divinity/ministry, making the major the 115th most popular in the United States.

Across South Dakota, there were 26 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality divinity/ministry programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota master’s degree divinity studies students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in South Dakota

#1

Sioux Falls Seminary

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$3,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Sioux Falls Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Sioux Falls Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It awarded 14 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

North American Baptist Seminary did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at North American Baptist Seminary are $3,600, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Sioux Falls Seminary Divinity/Ministry Report

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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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