Sioux Falls, SD (population: 160,938) has five law and criminal justice schools within its city limits. University of Sioux Falls, the highest ranked school in the city with a law and criminal justice program, has a total student population of 1,570. It is the 3155th highest ranked school in the USA and the 12th highest in the state of South Dakota (#1 is Augustana College). To learn more about law and criminal justice programs in Sioux Falls, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of law and criminal justice professors at University of Sioux Falls such as Beth O'Toole, and Michael Thompson.
Law and Criminal Justice students from Sioux Falls schools who go on to become law and criminal justice professionals, corrections officers, jailers, court reporters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 556,790 people working as lawyers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $129,020. Also, Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators make on average $63,250 per year and there are about 8,110 of them employed in the US today.
Sioux Falls lies in Minnehaha county, which is one of the 37 counties in South Dakota. Overall, the Sioux Falls area has 134,240 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.8% unemployment rate, $17.23/hr average worker wage, and a $35,840 average annual salary.
Of the 5 law and criminal justice schools in Sioux Falls, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Sioux Falls comes out as the most expensive ($19,361/yr) for law and criminal justice students, with Southeast Technical Institute as the lowest, reported at only $9,672/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Sioux Falls |
| Orange City | IA | - | 1 | 27.8622 | 68 | 50.0 miles |
| Brookings | SD | - | 1 | 31.8924 | 109 | 53.5 miles |
| Vermillion | SD | - | 1 | 64.495 | 98 | 53.6 miles |
| Mitchell | SD | - | 2 | 42.657 | 88 | 66.1 miles |
| Sioux City | IA | 83,250 | 6 | 24.3659 | 219 | 74.0 miles |
| Storm Lake | IA | - | 2 | 49.0567 | 85 | 99.0 miles |