2023 Best Public & Social Service Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota
Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Associate Degree School for You
With 143 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public administration and social service is the #20 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. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Public & Social Service Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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2023 Best Public Administration & Social Service Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota
Check out the public administration and social service associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top South Dakota Schools for an Associate in Public & Social Service
Our 2023 rankings named Mitchell Technical College the best school in South Dakota for public administration and social service students working on their associate degree. Mitchell Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Mitchell.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lake Area Technical Institute. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Public & Social Service Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list. LATI is a small public school located in the remote town of Watertown.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Kansas | 791 |
Minnesota | 3,576 |
Iowa | 832 |
Missouri | 1,624 |
Nebraska | 490 |
North Dakota | 321 |
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Public Administration & Social Service Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Social Work | 58,326 |
Public Administration | 16,905 |
Human Services | 13,238 |
Public Policy | 6,430 |
Community Organization & Advocacy | 3,096 |
Other Public Administration | 588 |
Majors Similar to Public Administration & Social Service
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting | 142,610 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies | 73,813 |
Legal Professions | 61,055 |
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences | 4,477 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 University of the Fraser Valley.
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