Sioux Falls, SD (population: 160,938) has five vocational schools within its city limits. Augustana College, the highest ranked school in the city with a vocational program, has a total student population of 1,793. It is the 218th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of South Dakota.
Vocational students from Sioux Falls schools who go on to become vocational educators, event planners, landscape architects, landscape designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 114,420 people working as vocational education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $52,030. Also, Middle school teachers make on average $53,550 per year and there are about 665,420 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Sioux Falls area alone, there are 550 employed middle school teachers earning an average salary of $39,570. Vocational education teachers in this area earn $41,880/yr and there are 70 employed.
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. Thus, about 0.513 out of every 1000 jobs in Sioux Falls are held by vocational education teachers, and 4.119/1000 are held by middle school teachers.
Of the 5 vocational 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 vocational 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 |