2023 Best Value Public Health Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Public Health School for You

Public Health is the #30 most popular major in South Dakota with 27 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Public Health 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 2 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value programs for public 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Public Health Schools in South Dakota

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

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Public Health

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

14 Degrees

#6 in Quality in South Dakota

$9,432 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of South Dakota to be the best value school for public health students who want to pursue a degree in South Dakota. Located in the distant town of Vermillion, USD is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at USD are $9,432 a year.

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#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, SD

11 Degrees

#3 in Quality in South Dakota

$9,299 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Schools in South Dakota list. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the town of Brookings.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at South Dakota State are $9,299 a year.

South Dakota State also took the #3 spot in our Best Public Health Schools in South Dakota rankings.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Article 25 Flickr.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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