Biology, General programs in South Dakota

4 schools in South Dakota teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in South Dakota

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in South Dakota earn a median of $51,050 a year across 3,360 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads to	Median	Jobs in South Dakota
Agricultural Technicians	$41,420	350
Biological Technicians	$41,300	230
Natural Sciences Managers	$128,140	180
Biological Scientists, All Other	$73,920	170
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$76,570	160

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

School	Credential	Median debt	Graduate earnings, 2 yrs	Graduates
Black Hills State University Spearfish	Associate's degree	$12,000	not published	18
Northern State University Aberdeen	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	11
Sinte Gleska University Mission	Associate's degree	—	not published	0
University of South Dakota Vermillion	Associate's degree	—	not published	—

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

Email me when these figures change

The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Biology, General — nothing else, and nothing in between.

Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.