Bachelor's · Madison, South Dakota
Is Special Education and Teaching at Dakota State University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 11.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $47,653
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $49,512
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $87k (likely $87k – $112k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $10k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in SD
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 11.9 years (likely 6.0–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$181k (likely −$271k – −$75k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$87k (likely −$249k – $126k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 49%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Dakota State University
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$137,285
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$112,578
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$85,696
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's)$78,637
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$69,841
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$57,912
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$56,991
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$54,179
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Associate's)$49,821
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$48,997
- Computer Software and Media Applications (Bachelor's)$42,513
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$41,489
Special Education and Teaching at other schools in South Dakota
- Black Hills State University$48,332
- Northern State University$47,672
- University of South Dakota$45,415