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Best Value Educational Administration Schools in South Dakota

2023 Best Value Educational Administration Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$11,869 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$75,625 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration School for You

With 158 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, educational administration is the #16 most popular major in South Dakota.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Educational Administration Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in South Dakota to see which programs offered the best value experiences for education admin students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Educational Administration

$8,845 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Northern State University to be the best value school for educational administration students who want to pursue a degree in South Dakota. Located in the town of Aberdeen, NSU is a public school with a small student population.

NSU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,845 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NSU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Educational Administration Schools in South Dakota list.

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#2

University of Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, SD
$19,900 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Sioux Falls. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the city of Sioux Falls, University of Sioux Falls is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

University of Sioux Falls undergraduate students pay an average of $19,900 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD
$9,432 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the town of Vermillion, USD is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USD are $9,432 per year.

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$9,299 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means South Dakota State University is a great value for educational administration students. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the town of Brookings.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at South Dakota State are $9,299 a year.

South Dakota State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Educational Administration Schools in South Dakota list.

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Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Educational Administration Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1,509
Minnesota 1,314
Kansas 646
Iowa 340
Nebraska 782
North Dakota 136

One of 14 majors within the area of study, educational administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Shai-WMIL.

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