Best Farm programs in South Dakota, ranked by enrollment
Instruct and advise individuals and families engaged in agriculture, agricultural-related processes, or home management activities.
5 schools in South Dakota run programs that feed this job, graduating 243 people a year. The job pays a median of $60,440 in South Dakota across about 90 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in South Dakota that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
8 programs in South Dakota that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in South Dakota (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own South Dakota page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 01.0901In South Dakota → | 89 | 36.6% | 1 | $33,926 | $21,748 |
| 2 | CIP 01.1102In South Dakota → | 77 | 31.7% | 2 | $42,861 | $20,500 |
| 3 | CIP 01.0601In South Dakota → | 18 | 7.4% | 3 | $35,900 | $14,000 |
| 4 | CIP 19.0402In South Dakota → | 17 | 7.0% | 1 | $40,141 | $24,270 |
| 5 | CIP 01.0104In South Dakota → | 16 | 6.6% | 1 | $47,242 | $19,964 |
| 6 | CIP 01.0302In South Dakota → | 16 | 6.6% | 1 | $36,083 | $17,395 |
| 7 | CIP 01.0905In South Dakota → | 8 | 3.3% | 1 | $33,926 | $21,748 |
| 8 | CIP 19.0706In South Dakota → | 2 | 0.8% | 1 | $31,642 | $23,092 |
Top 5 schools in South Dakota
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 1 of the 5 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Dakota State University Brookings, SD Public · 5 feeder programs | 172 | Animal Sciences, General | $44,844 | 62% | — | 98% |
| 2 | Mitchell Technical College Mitchell, SD Public · 3 feeder programs | 54 | Agronomy and Crop Science | — | 76% | — | — |
| 3 | Southeast Technical College Sioux Falls, SD Public · 1 feeder programs | 11 | Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General | — | 59% | — | — |
| 4 | Mount Marty University Yankton, SD Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 4 | Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General | — | 52% | $22,972 | 43% |
| 5 | Sisseton Wahpeton College Sisseton, SD Public · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Child Development | — | 21% | — | — |
All 5 schools in South Dakota
Every school in South Dakota with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota State University | Brookings | Public | 172 | 5 |
| Mitchell Technical College | Mitchell | Public | 54 | 3 |
| Southeast Technical College | Sioux Falls | Public | 11 | 1 |
| Mount Marty University | Yankton | Private not-for-profit | 4 | 1 |
| Sisseton Wahpeton College | Sisseton | Public | 2 | 1 |
What farm and home management educators earn in South Dakota
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $60,220. South Dakota pays above the national figure.
Concentrated here: South Dakota employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Farm and Home Management Educators page.
How to become a Farm
Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above- Typical entry education
- Master's degree
Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in South Dakota
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 25 majors mapped to Farm and Home Management Educators23 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 01.0104Farm/Farm and Ranch Management
- 01.0302Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production
- 01.0304Crop Production
- 01.0306Dairy Husbandry and Production
- 01.0307Horse Husbandry/Equine Science and Management
- 01.0310Apiculture(no graduates reported)
- 01.0601Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General
- 01.0609Public Horticulture(no graduates reported)
- 01.0610Urban and Community Horticulture
- 01.0801Agricultural and Extension Education Services
- 01.0901Animal Sciences, General
- 01.0902Agricultural Animal Breeding
- 01.0904Animal Nutrition
- 01.0905Dairy Science
- 01.0906Livestock Management
- 01.0907Poultry Science
- 01.0999Animal Sciences, Other
- 01.1101Plant Sciences, General
- 01.1102Agronomy and Crop Science
- 01.1103Horticultural Science
- 01.1105Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management
- 01.1106Range Science and Management
- 19.0101Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General
- 19.0201Business Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
- 19.0203Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management
Common questions
Answers for people weighing farm and home management educators programs in South Dakota.
What degree do you need to become a Farm?+
Master's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Animal Sciences, General, which awarded 89 degrees in South Dakota in 2024-25, 36.6% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Farm?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 8 programs to this occupation. The largest are Animal Sciences, Plant Sciences, Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services, Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies, plus 3 more. Together they graduate about 243 people a year in South Dakota.
How much do farm and home management educators earn in South Dakota?+
The median is $60,440 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 0.4% above the U.S. median of $60,220. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for farm and home management educators growing?+
BLS projects a -2.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, decline, with roughly 1,100 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in South Dakota?+
5 institutions in South Dakota reported graduates from at least one of the 8 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do farm and home management educators work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Extension Agent, Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 25-9021.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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