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

1 Ranked Colleges
8 Degrees Awarded
$11,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master's in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Music Teacher Education 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.

In 2019-2020, 4,774 people earned their degree in music education, making the major the 157th most popular in the United States.

Across South Dakota, there were 44 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great music education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the music education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Education (Income $30-$48k) in South Dakota

#1

Northern State University

Aberdeen, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, this small public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s music teacher education students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NSU are $11,814.

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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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