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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$9,432 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,028 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's 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.

The Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree School

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

Our 2023 rankings named University of South Dakota the best value school in South Dakota for mental and social health services students working on their bachelor’s degree. USD is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Vermillion.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at USD are $9,432 a year. The average amount in student loans that mental health services majors at USD take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $28,219. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $135.

USD also made our Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #5.

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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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