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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,121 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,489 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree School for You

With 67 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, allied health and medical assisting services is the #43 most popular major 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Allied Health Services 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 2 schools in South Dakota to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for medical assisting students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for medical assisting majors pursuing a associate degree.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Lake Area Technical Institute the best value school in South Dakota for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Watertown, LATI is a public college with a small student population.

LATI undergraduate students pay an average of $6,718 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at LATI take out while working on their Associate Degree is $19,498.

LATI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Mitchell Technical College is a great value for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Mitchell, Mitchell Tech is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mitchell Tech are $7,524 per year. On average, medical assisting graduates from Mitchell Tech take out $16,861 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Mitchell Tech not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list.

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Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 379
Minnesota 531
Kansas 195
Iowa 198
Nebraska 124
North Dakota 14

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Medical Assisting

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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