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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,060 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,092 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, student counseling students earned 26 degrees and certificates from a South Dakota school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Value Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for student counseling students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Student Counseling Master's Degree Colleges.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Student Counseling

Our analysis found Northern State University to be the best value school for student counseling students who want to pursue a master’s degree in South Dakota. Located in the town of Aberdeen, NSU is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NSU are $6,736 a year.

NSU also took the #1 spot in our Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota rankings.

Full Student Counseling at Northern State University Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at South Dakota State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in South Dakota. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the remote town of Brookings.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at South Dakota State are $9,384 a year.

South Dakota State also made our Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #2.

Read full report on Student Counseling at South Dakota State University

Best Value Student Counseling Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Student Counseling Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 495
Kansas 275
Minnesota 532
Iowa 191
North Dakota 53
Nebraska 234

Student Counseling is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Student Counseling Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services 12,323
College Student Counseling & Personnel Services 1,082
Other Student Counseling & Personnel Services 453

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.

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