2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 135 degrees and certificates were awarded to health sciences and services students who went to a South Dakota college or university. This makes it the #23 most popular major in the state.
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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for health science 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.
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2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for health science majors pursuing a associate degree.
Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Health Sciences & Services
Our 2023 rankings named Southeast Technical College the best value school in South Dakota for health sciences and services students working on their associate degree. Southeast Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Sioux Falls.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southeast Tech are $7,650 per year.
Southeast Tech also took the #3 spot in our Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota rankings.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Western Dakota Technical Institute is a great value for health sciences and services students working on their associate degree. Western Dakota Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Rapid City.
Western Dakota Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $8,332 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Associate Degree, health science majors at Western Dakota Tech accumulate an average of around $21,527 in student debt.
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Best Value Health Sciences & Services Colleges in the Plains States Region
Explore all the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Missouri | 1,081 |
Minnesota | 401 |
Kansas | 143 |
Iowa | 55 |
Nebraska | 91 |
North Dakota | 11 |
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Majors Related to Health Science
Health Sciences & Services is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Health Science
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 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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