2023 Best Value Dental Support Services Schools in South Dakota
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Dental Support Services School for You
In 2020-2021, 43 degrees and certificates were awarded to dental support services students who went to a South Dakota college or university. This makes it the #64 most popular major in the state.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Dental Support Services Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value programs for dental support students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Dental Support Services
Our 2023 rankings named Lake Area Technical Institute the best value school in South Dakota for dental support services students. Located in the remote town of Watertown, LATI is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at LATI are $6,718 a year. After completing their degree, dental support graduates from LATI carry an average student debtload of $8,250.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, LATI is ranked #5 for overall quality for dental support in South Dakota.
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The excellent programs at University of South Dakota helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best dental support services schools in South Dakota. Located in the distant 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. Dental Support majors at USD take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $149.
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The excellent programs at Western Dakota Technical Institute helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best dental support services schools in South Dakota. 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. While working on their degree, dental support majors at Western Dakota Tech accumulate an average of around $9,500 in student debt.
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Request InformationBest Value Dental Support Services Colleges in the Plains States Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Missouri | 171 |
Minnesota | 461 |
Kansas | 133 |
Iowa | 138 |
Nebraska | 72 |
North Dakota | 22 |
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Majors Related to Dental Support
One of 30 majors within the area of study, dental support services has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Dental Support
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Nursing | 322,592 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 89,359 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 84,492 |
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Allied Health Professions | 82,308 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 3 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.