Early Childhood Education at South Dakota State University

What traits are you looking for in a child development school? To help you decide if South Dakota State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's child development program.

South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and approximately 11,405 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 58 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from South Dakota State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Early Childhood Education section at the bottom of this page.

South Dakota State Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

South Dakota State Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at South Dakota State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at South Dakota State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Early Childhood Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	20
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	51
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	83
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	92
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	125
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	128
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	138
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Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	353

Child development Student Demographics at South Dakota State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at South Dakota State University.

South Dakota State Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

The child development program at South Dakota State awarded 58 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 5% of these degrees went to men with the other 95% going to women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at South Dakota State since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 95% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at South Dakota State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from South Dakota State University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	55
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

South Dakota State also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Child development Grads May Go Into

A degree in child development can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SD, the home state for South Dakota State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Preschool Teachers	1,460	$30,860
Kindergarten Teachers	640	$41,900

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By AlexiusHoratius under License

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