2023 Best Value Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Health Professions Master'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 Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value master'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 Master's in Health Professions
Our 2023 rankings named Mount Marty University the best value school in South Dakota for health professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the remote town of Yankton, Mount Marty is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Mount Marty graduate students pay an average of $9,650 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Mount Marty not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list.
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Out of the 6 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the # 2 spot on the list. USD is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Vermillion.
USD graduate students pay an average of $7,118 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
USD also made our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #5.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at South Dakota State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in South Dakota. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at South Dakota State are $9,384 per year.
South Dakota State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Dakota Wesleyan University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in South Dakota. Located in the remote town of Mitchell, Dakota Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Dakota Wesleyan University are $15,300 a year.
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Out of the 6 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Presentation College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Presentation College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Aberdeen.
Presentation College graduate students pay an average of $18,157 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Augustana University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree health professions programs. Augustana Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Sioux Falls.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Augustana Sioux Falls are $36,696 per year.
Augustana Sioux Falls also made our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #2.
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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 6 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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