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Best Value Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota

2023 Best Value Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$8,060 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,092 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 26 degrees and certificates were awarded to student counseling students who went to a South Dakota college or university. This makes it the #87 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for student counseling students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Student Counseling

Our 2023 rankings named Northern State University the best value school in South Dakota for student counseling students working on their master’s degree. NSU is a small public school located in the remote town of Aberdeen.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NSU are $6,736 per year.

NSU also made our Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #3.

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Out of the 2 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at South Dakota State are $9,384 a year.

South Dakota State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list.

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Best Value Student Counseling Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Student Counseling Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 495
Minnesota 532
Kansas 275
Iowa 191
Nebraska 234
North Dakota 53

Student Counseling is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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).
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