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2023 Best Value Social Work Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$19,900 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,060 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Work School for You

In 2020-2021, 20 degrees and certificates were awarded to social work students who went to a South Dakota college or university. This makes it the #103 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Social Work Schools in South Dakota ranking.

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

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

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Social Work Colleges.

Best Social Work School

#1

University of Sioux Falls

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

Our analysis found University of Sioux Falls to be the best value school for social work students who want to pursue a degree in South Dakota. Located in the midsize city of Sioux Falls, University of Sioux Falls is a private not-for-profit college 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. The average amount in student loans that social work majors at University of Sioux Falls take out is $29,790.

Read full report on Social Work at University of Sioux Falls

Best Value Social Work Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 924
Minnesota 2,131
Kansas 623
Iowa 553
Nebraska 262
North Dakota 258

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Social Work is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration 16,905
Human Services 13,238
Public Policy 6,430
Community Organization & Advocacy 3,096
Other Public Administration 588

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Army Medicine.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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