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2023 Best Value Nursing Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$20,428 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,704 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing School for You

Nursing is one of the most popular subjects to study in South Dakota. With 94 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Nursing Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in South Dakota to see which programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Nursing Schools in South Dakota

Check out the nursing programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Nursing

#1

Mount Marty University

Yankton, SD
$29,980 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Mount Marty University to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a degree in South Dakota. Mount Marty is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Yankton.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mount Marty are $29,980 per year.

Mount Marty also made our Best Nursing Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #1.

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$9,299 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the remote town of Brookings.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Dakota State are $9,299 per year.

South Dakota State also made our Best Nursing Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #3.

Read full report on Nursing at South Dakota State University

#3

Presentation College

Aberdeen, SD
$22,006 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Presentation College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the remote town of Aberdeen, Presentation College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Presentation College are $22,006 a year.

Read full report on Nursing at Presentation College

Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 2,207
Minnesota 5,809
Iowa 462
Kansas 311
Nebraska 414
North Dakota 100

More Nursing Rankings in South Dakota

One of 29 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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