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2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$21,381 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,498 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Allied Health Professions 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in South Dakota to see which programs offered the best value experiences for allied health students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Allied Health Professions Colleges.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Allied Health Professions

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD
$9,432 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of South Dakota the best value school in South Dakota for allied health professions students. USD is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Vermillion.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USD are $9,432 per year.

Full Allied Health Professions at University of South Dakota Report

$9,299 Average Tuition & Fees

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 remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a large student population.

South Dakota State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,299 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

South Dakota State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Allied Health Professions Schools in South Dakota list.

Full Allied Health Professions at South Dakota State University Report

$30,880 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Dakota Wesleyan University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the town of Mitchell, Dakota Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Dakota Wesleyan University are $30,880 a year.

Full Allied Health Professions at Dakota Wesleyan University Report

#4

Augustana University

Sioux Falls, SD
$35,914 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Augustana University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools in South Dakota list. Augustana Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Sioux Falls.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Augustana Sioux Falls are $35,914 per year.

Augustana Sioux Falls not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Allied Health Professions Schools in South Dakota list.

Read full report on Allied Health Professions at Augustana University

Best Value Allied Health Professions Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Allied Health Professions Colleges 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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