2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in South Dakota
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, health professions was the most popular one in South Dakota. In total, 2,186 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in South Dakota.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for health professions 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. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Health Professions
Our analysis found University of South Dakota to be the best value school for health professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in South Dakota. USD is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Vermillion.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USD are $7,118 a year.
USD also made our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #5.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at South Dakota State are $9,384 per year.
South Dakota State also made our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #3.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 5,886 |
| Minnesota | 25,582 |
| Iowa | 6,876 |
| Missouri | 16,143 |
| Nebraska | 4,665 |
| North Dakota | 2,083 |
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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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.