2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology in South Dakota (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Counseling Psychology is the 81st most popular major in the country with 9,220 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across South Dakota, there were 54 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 49 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in counseling psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great counseling psychology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the counseling psychology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology in South Dakota (With Aid)

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 23 masters’s counseling psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$12,637 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid list. University of South Dakota is a medium-sized school located in Vermillion, South Dakota that handed out 26 masters’s counseling psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

USD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Dakota are $12,637.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology (With Aid)

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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