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South Dakota State University Master’s in Psychology

Psychology is a program of study at South Dakota State University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in psychology, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Psychology from South Dakota State Cost?

South Dakota State Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at South Dakota State was $648 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $337 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$8,083	$15,541
Fees	$1,202	$1,202

Does South Dakota State Offer an Online Master’s in Psychology?

South Dakota State does not offer an online option for its psychology master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the South Dakota State Online Learning page.

South Dakota State Master’s Student Diversity for Psychology

There were 27 master’s degrees in psychology awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 77.8% of the students who received their Master’s in psychology in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 80.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 14.8% of psychology master’s degree recipients at South Dakota State in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 35%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	3
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Master’s in Psychology Focus Areas at South Dakota State

Psychology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	27

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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.