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2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in South Dakota

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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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in South Dakota to see which programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Educational Administration program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Educational Administration Colleges.

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

Our 2023 rankings named University of South Dakota the most popular school in South Dakota for educational administration students. USD is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Vermillion.

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#2

University of Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, SD

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Sioux Falls. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in South Dakota list. University of Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Sioux Falls.

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Out of the 8 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota Wesleyan University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Mitchell, Dakota Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Out of the 8 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. NSU is a small public school located in the town of Aberdeen.

Full Educational Administration at Northern State University Report

South Dakota State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular educational administration programs. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Educational Administration at South Dakota State University Report

#7

Sinte Gleska University

Mission, SD

With a ranking of #7, Sinte Gleska University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational administration students. Located in the rural area of Mission, Sinte Gleska University is a public school with a fairly small student population.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Sinte Gleska University

Oglala Lakota College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the rural area of Kyle, Oglala Lakota College is a public college with a small student population.

Full Educational Administration at Oglala Lakota College Report

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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 8 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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