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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$11,869 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$75,625 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Educational Administration Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value programs for education admin students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Educational Administration Colleges.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Educational Administration

$8,845 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Northern State University to be the best value school for educational administration students who want to pursue a degree in South Dakota. NSU is a small public school located in the town of Aberdeen.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NSU are $8,845 a year.

NSU also made our Best Educational Administration Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #2.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Northern State University

#2

University of Sioux Falls

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

Out of the 4 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Sioux Falls landed the # 2 spot on the list. University of Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Sioux Falls.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University of Sioux Falls are $19,900 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, University of Sioux Falls is ranked #5 for overall quality for education admin in South Dakota.

Read full report on Educational Administration at University of Sioux Falls

#3

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD
$9,432 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of South Dakota. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Schools in South Dakota list. USD is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Vermillion.

USD undergraduate students pay an average of $9,432 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

USD also made our Best Educational Administration Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #4.

Full Educational Administration at University of South Dakota Report

$9,299 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at South Dakota State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best educational administration schools in South Dakota. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Dakota State are $9,299 per year.

South Dakota State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Educational Administration Schools in South Dakota list.

Read full report on Educational Administration at South Dakota State University

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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