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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$7,746 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,435 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, educational administration students earned 158 degrees and certificates from a South Dakota school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in South Dakota to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for education admin students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education admin majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Educational Administration

Our 2023 rankings named Northern State University the best value school in South Dakota for educational administration students working on their master’s degree. NSU is a small public school located in the remote town of Aberdeen.

NSU graduate students pay an average of $6,736 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NSU is ranked #1 for overall quality for education admin in South Dakota.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Northern State University

#2

University of Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, SD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Sioux Falls. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list. University of Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Sioux Falls.

University of Sioux Falls graduate students pay an average of $7,110 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

University of Sioux Falls not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list.

Full Educational Administration at University of Sioux Falls Report

#3

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

Out of the 4 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the # 3 spot on the list. USD is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Vermillion.

USD graduate students pay an average of $7,118 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, USD is ranked #3 for overall quality for education admin in South Dakota.

Full Educational Administration at University of South Dakota Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means South Dakota State University is a great value for educational administration students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public school with a large student population.

South Dakota State graduate students pay an average of $9,384 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

South Dakota State also took the #2 spot in our Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota rankings.

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Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Educational Administration Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1,509
Kansas 646
Minnesota 1,314
Iowa 340
North Dakota 136
Nebraska 782

Educational Administration is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Education Admin Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Educational Leadership & Administration 32,837
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 4,709
Other Educational Administration & Supervision 2,247
Educational, Instructional, & Curriculum Supervision 1,727
Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship 1,572
Superintendency & Educational System Administration 1,107
Urban Education & Leadership 736
Adult & Continuing Education Administration 462
Secondary School Administration/Principalship 452
Community College Education 354
Administration of Special Education 186
Early Childhood Program Administration 70
International School Administration/Leadership 10

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 Shai-WMIL.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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