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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$7,556 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,995 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants School for You

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value programs for practical nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in South Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for practical nursing majors pursuing a .

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Nursing & Nursing Assistants

$6,718 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Lake Area Technical Institute to be the best value school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a degree in South Dakota. LATI is a small public school located in the town of Watertown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at LATI are $6,718 a year. Practical Nursing majors at LATI take out an average of $17,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

LATI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in South Dakota list.

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#2

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southeast Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in South Dakota list. Southeast Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Sioux Falls.

Southeast Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $7,650 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, practical nursing graduates from Southeast Tech carry an average student debtload of $19,000.

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$7,524 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Mitchell Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Mitchell Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Mitchell.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Mitchell Tech are $7,524 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Dakota Technical Institute. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in South Dakota list. 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. Practical Nursing majors at Western Dakota Tech take out an average of $20,223 in student loans while working on their egree.

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Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 22
Nebraska 0
North Dakota 70

One of 30 majors within the area of study, practical nursing and nursing assistants 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
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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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