by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in South Dakota” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Elementary Education is the 17th most popular major in the country with 42,862 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across South Dakota, there were 278 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,452 and $37,011 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in South Dakota” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in elementary education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in elementary education.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in South Dakota” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in South Dakota”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinte Gleska University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Mission, South Dakota, this small public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified masters’s elementary teaching students in 2021-2022.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in South Dakota list. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, this medium-sized public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s elementary teaching students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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