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2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$17,733 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$95,097 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Allied Health Professions Master's 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for allied 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. 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 Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota

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

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Allied Health Professions

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

Our analysis found University of South Dakota to be the best value school for allied health professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in South Dakota. USD is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Vermillion.

USD graduate students pay an average of $7,118 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

USD also took the #5 spot in our Best Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota rankings.

Full Allied Health Professions at University of South Dakota Report

Out of the 4 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at South Dakota State are $9,384 a year.

South Dakota State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list.

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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 #3 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the town of Mitchell, Dakota Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Dakota Wesleyan University are $15,300 a year.

Full Allied Health Professions at Dakota Wesleyan University Report

#4

Augustana University

Sioux Falls, SD

The excellent master’s degree programs at Augustana University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health professions schools in South Dakota. Augustana Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Sioux Falls.

Augustana Sioux Falls graduate students pay an average of $36,696 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Augustana Sioux Falls also made our Best Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #2.

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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 4 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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