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2023 Best Value Law Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$9,432 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,986 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Law School for You

With 62 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, law is the #48 most popular major in South Dakota.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Law Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Check out the law programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Law School

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD
$9,432 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of South Dakota to be the best value school for law students who want to pursue a degree in South Dakota. USD is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Vermillion.

USD undergraduate students pay an average of $9,432 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Law Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 619
Minnesota 693
Kansas 198
Iowa 237
Nebraska 216
North Dakota 56

More Law Rankings in South Dakota

Law is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Legal Support Services 11,545
Legal Research 6,874
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 4,407
Legal Professions (Other) 2,013

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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