2023 Best Value Social Work Schools in South Dakota
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
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The following school tops our list of the Best Value Social Work Colleges.
Best Social Work School
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.
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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 |
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Missouri | 924 |
Minnesota | 2,131 |
Kansas | 623 |
Iowa | 553 |
Nebraska | 262 |
North Dakota | 258 |
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Majors Related to Social Work
Social Work is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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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