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2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$9,177 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,312 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value programs for medical assisting 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 Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in South Dakota

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

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Allied Health Services

$6,718 Average Tuition & Fees

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

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LATI are $6,718 per year. While working on their degree, medical assisting majors at LATI accumulate an average of around $14,510 in student debt.

LATI also made our Best Allied Health Services Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #5.

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$7,524 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mitchell Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the rural area of Mitchell, Mitchell Tech is a public school 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 $13,585 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#3

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD
$7,650 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Southeast Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best allied health and medical assisting services schools in South Dakota. Located in the rural area of Sioux Falls, Southeast Tech is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southeast Tech are $7,650 a year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Western Dakota Technical Institute is a great value for allied health and medical assisting services students. Located in the rural area of Rapid City, Western Dakota Tech is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Western Dakota Tech are $8,332 a year.

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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 Colleges 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 5 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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