2025 Best Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota

a bachelor's degree in psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #5 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 284 bachelor's degrees in psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Psychology School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The psychology bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other psychology 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for psychology to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized psychology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for psychology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Psychology Schools

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 Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in psychology.

Top South Dakota Schools for a Bachelor's in Psychology

1

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

82 Annual Graduates

University of South Dakota is a good decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in psychology. Located in the distant town of Vermillion, USD is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in psychology from University of South Dakota

2

Augustana University
Sioux Falls, SD

29 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in psychology has to take a look at Augustana University. Located in the midsize 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 psychology from Augustana University

3

South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

81 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat South Dakota State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in psychology. South Dakota State is a large public university located in the town of Brookings.More information about a bachelor’s in psychology from South Dakota State University

4

University of Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, SD

34 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in psychology needs to check out University of Sioux Falls. Located in the midsize city of Sioux Falls, University of Sioux Falls is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in psychology from University of Sioux Falls

Best Psychology Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	35	2,436
Kansas	33	1,044
Minnesota	33	2,889
Iowa	32	1,264
Nebraska	31	796
North Dakota	30	290

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Psychology Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	284

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 Nevit Dilmen. More about our data sources and methodologies.