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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$6,718 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,728 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree School for You

Mental & Social Health Services is the #18 most popular major in South Dakota with 145 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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.

Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree School

Our analysis found Lake Area Technical Institute to be the best value school for mental and social health services students who want to pursue a associate degree in South Dakota. LATI is a small public school located in the remote town of Watertown.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LATI are $6,718 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, LATI is ranked #2 for overall quality for mental health services in South Dakota.

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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 266
Minnesota 2,487
Kansas 149
Iowa 52
Nebraska 74
North Dakota 35

One of 30 majors within the area of study, mental and social health services has other similar majors worth exploring.

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
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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