2025 Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Schools in South Dakota

Criminal Justice & Police Science is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #74 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in South Dakota to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of criminal justice & police science. Combined, these schools handed out 42 degrees in criminal justice & police science to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Criminal Justice & Police Science Schools List

Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings by Degree Level

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 Criminal Justice & Police Science Schools in South Dakota list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Criminal Justice & Police Science in South Dakota

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the police science degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top South Dakota Schools in Police Science

1

Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls, SD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

5.6% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in criminal justice & police science needs to take a look at Southeast Technical College. Southeast Tech is a small public college located in the medium-sized city of Sioux Falls.More information about a degree in criminal justice & police science from Southeast Technical College

2

Lake Area Technical Institute
Watertown, SD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

12.5% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in criminal justice & police science has to take a look at Lake Area Technical Institute. Located in the remote town of Watertown, LATI is a public school with a small student population.More information about a degree in criminal justice & police science from Lake Area Technical Institute

Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Criminal Justice & Police Science Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	742	514
Missouri	693	179
Iowa	648	143
Kansas	599	17
Nebraska	500	44
North Dakota	416	13

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Criminal Justice & Police Science Related Rankings by Major

Criminal Justice & Police Science is one of 21 different types of Criminal Justice & Corrections programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Police Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies	136
Other Corrections & Criminal Justice	5

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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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.