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2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$12,136 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,735 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Allied Health Professions Associate Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, allied health professions was ranked 10th in South Dakota. In fact, 217 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Allied Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in South Dakota to see which associate degree 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 Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

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

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Allied Health Professions

#1

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

Our 2023 rankings named Southeast Technical College the best value school in South Dakota for allied health professions students working on their associate degree. Southeast Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Sioux Falls.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southeast Tech are $7,650 a year. The average amount in student loans that allied health majors at Southeast Tech take out while working on their Associate Degree is $21,941.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Southeast Tech is ranked #3 for overall quality for allied health in South Dakota.

Full Allied Health Professions at Southeast Technical College Report

The excellent associate degree programs at Lake Area Technical Institute helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health professions schools in South Dakota. LATI is a small public school located in the town of Watertown.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LATI are $6,718 per year.

LATI also took the #2 spot in our Best Allied Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota rankings.

Full Allied Health Professions at Lake Area Technical Institute Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mitchell Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list. Mitchell Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Mitchell.

Mitchell Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $7,524 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Associate Degree, allied health majors at Mitchell Tech accumulate an average of around $20,987 in student debt.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Mitchell Tech is ranked #5 for overall quality for allied health in South Dakota.

Read full report on Allied Health Professions at Mitchell Technical College

The excellent associate degree programs at South Dakota State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health professions schools in South Dakota. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

South Dakota State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Allied Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list.

Full Allied Health Professions at South Dakota State University Report

The excellent associate degree programs at Western Dakota Technical Institute helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health professions schools in South Dakota. Western Dakota Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Rapid City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Dakota Tech are $8,332 per year. Allied Health majors at Western Dakota Tech take out an average of $20,905 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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#6

University of Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, SD

University of Sioux Falls came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. University of Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Sioux Falls.

University of Sioux Falls undergraduate students pay an average of $19,900 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Presentation College

Aberdeen, SD

With a ranking of #8, Presentation College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health professions students working on their associate degree. Presentation College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Aberdeen.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Presentation College are $22,006 per year.

Read full report on Allied Health Professions at Presentation College

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 1,137
Minnesota 756
Kansas 576
Iowa 577
Nebraska 596
North Dakota 170

Allied Health Professions is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 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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