2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 101,094 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, accounting is the 8th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $44,557 and had an average of $26,381 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 258 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,050 and $28,845 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 43 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in accounting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality accounting programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the accounting program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota master’s degree accounting students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (Income $30-$48k) in South Dakota

#1

Augustana University

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

$36,480 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Augustana University landed the #1 spot on the list. Augustana University is a small school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that handed out 6 masters’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

Augustana Sioux Falls also took the #0 spot in our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Augustana Sioux Falls are $36,480, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Accounting at Augustana University

#2

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$12,637 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$59,485 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k list. USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 37 masters’s accounting degrees to qualified students.

USD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Dakota are $12,637, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Accounting at USD

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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