2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor's 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.
The Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for public administration and social service students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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.
Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Public & Social Service
Our analysis found University of Sioux Falls to be the best value school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in South Dakota. University of Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Sioux Falls.
University of Sioux Falls undergraduate students pay an average of $19,900 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Black Hills State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list. BHSU is a small public school located in the distant town of Spearfish.
BHSU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,916 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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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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Majors Related to Public Administration & Social Service
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.
- 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.