2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, health professions was the most popular one in South Dakota. In total, 515 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in South Dakota.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for health professions students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Check out the health professions graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Health Professions

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

18 Graduate Certificates

#2 in Quality in South Dakota

$7,118 Average Tuition & Fees

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USD are $7,118 a year.

USD also took the #2 spot in our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota rankings.

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#2

Mount Marty University

Yankton, SD

1 Graduate Certificates

#1 in Quality in South Dakota

$9,650 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Mount Marty University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in South Dakota. Mount Marty is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Yankton.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mount Marty are $9,650 per year.

Mount Marty also made our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #1.

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#3

South Dakota State University

Brookings, SD

8 Graduate Certificates

#4 in Quality in South Dakota

$9,384 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at South Dakota State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in South Dakota. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the town of Brookings.

South Dakota State graduate students pay an average of $9,384 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

South Dakota State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list.

Read full report on Health Professions at South Dakota State University

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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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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