2025 Best Secondary Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Secondary Education is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #102 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to determine which ones were the best for secondary education students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 42 bachelor's degrees in secondary education to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to secondary education students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other secondary education students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized secondary education related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for secondary education students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The secondary teaching school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Secondary Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Secondary Education in South Dakota

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in secondary education.

Top South Dakota Schools for a Bachelor's in Secondary Teaching

1

Augustana University
Sioux Falls, SD

9 Annual Graduates

Augustana University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in secondary education. Located in the city of Sioux Falls, Augustana Sioux Falls is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in secondary education from Augustana University

2

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

22 Annual Graduates

University of South Dakota is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in secondary education. Located in the town of Vermillion, USD is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in secondary education from University of South Dakota

Best Secondary Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Secondary Education Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	475	300
Minnesota	446	10
Iowa	403	91
Kansas	352	150
Nebraska	331	86
North Dakota	251	15

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Rankings in Majors Related to Secondary Teaching

One of 13 majors within the Teacher Education Grade Specific area of study, Secondary Education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Secondary Teaching

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Elementary Education	217
Early Childhood Education	73
Teacher Education	5
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching	3
Teacher Development & Methodology	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Vgrigas. More about our data sources and methodologies.