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2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$17,733 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$95,097 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree School for You

Allied Health Professions is the #16 most popular major in South Dakota with 40 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for allied health students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Colleges.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Allied Health Professions

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

Our analysis found University of South Dakota to be the best value school for allied health professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in South Dakota. USD is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Vermillion.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USD are $7,118 per year.

USD also made our Best Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #5.

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Out of the 4 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at South Dakota State are $9,384 a year.

South Dakota State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list.

Read full report on Allied Health Professions at South Dakota State University

The excellent master’s degree programs at Dakota Wesleyan University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health professions schools in South Dakota. Located in the remote town of Mitchell, Dakota Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Dakota Wesleyan University are $15,300 per year.

Full Allied Health Professions at Dakota Wesleyan University Report

#4

Augustana University

Sioux Falls, SD

Out of the 4 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Augustana University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Augustana Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Sioux Falls.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Augustana Sioux Falls are $36,696 a year.

Augustana Sioux Falls did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list.

Full Allied Health Professions at Augustana University Report

Best Value Allied Health Professions Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 426
Minnesota 162
Iowa 178
Kansas 55
Nebraska 175
North Dakota 40

One of 29 majors within the area of study, allied health professions has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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