2023 Best Value Health Professions Schools in South Dakota
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health Professions 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Health Professions Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value 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.
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2023 Best Value Health Professions Schools in South Dakota
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health Professions Colleges.
Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Health Professions
Our 2023 rankings named Mount Marty University the best value school in South Dakota for health professions students. 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 Health Professions Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #1.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the town of Vermillion, USD is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
USD undergraduate students pay an average of $9,432 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 6 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the town of Brookings.
South Dakota State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,299 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
South Dakota State also took the #3 spot in our Best Health Professions Schools in South Dakota rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Dakota Wesleyan University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Schools in South Dakota list. Dakota Wesleyan University is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Mitchell.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Dakota Wesleyan University are $30,880 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Presentation College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the town of Aberdeen, Presentation College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Presentation College are $22,006 a year.
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Augustana University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the city of Sioux Falls, Augustana Sioux Falls is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Augustana Sioux Falls are $35,914 a year.
Augustana Sioux Falls did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Health Professions Schools in South Dakota list.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Kansas | 1,489 |
Missouri | 7,577 |
Minnesota | 12,836 |
Iowa | 2,948 |
North Dakota | 647 |
Nebraska | 1,943 |
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Majors Related to Health Professions
Health Professions Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Nursing | 66,964 |
Medicine | 28,629 |
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 24,774 |
Public Health | 19,473 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 17,335 |
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 16,952 |
Mental & Social Health Services | 16,815 |
Allied Health Professions | 12,950 |
Communication Sciences | 10,547 |
Dentistry | 6,770 |
Bioethics/Medical Ethics | 4,684 |
Chiropractic | 2,658 |
Alternative Medicine & Systems | 2,582 |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | 2,481 |
Optometry | 1,822 |
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences | 1,762 |
Medical Illustration & Informatics | 1,747 |
Health Sciences & Services | 1,746 |
Other Health Professions | 1,261 |
Health/Medical Prep Programs | 1,122 |
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 954 |
Medical Science | 909 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 462 |
Dental Support Services | 122 |
Alternative Medical Support Services | 80 |
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies | 55 |
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies | 37 |
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services | 11 |
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 4 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 6 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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