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.
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2023 Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for health professions majors pursuing a master's degree.
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 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 also took the #1 spot in our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota rankings.
The excellent master’s degree programs at University of South Dakota helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in South Dakota. USD is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Vermillion.
USD graduate students pay an average of $7,118 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
USD not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list.
Out of the 6 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at South Dakota State are $9,384 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, South Dakota State is ranked #4 for overall quality for health professions in South Dakota.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Dakota Wesleyan University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the town of Mitchell, Dakota Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Dakota Wesleyan University are $15,300 per year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Presentation College is a great value for health professions students working on their master’s degree. Presentation College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Aberdeen.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Presentation College are $18,157 a year.
Augustana University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. Augustana Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Sioux Falls.
Augustana Sioux Falls graduate students pay an average of $36,696 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Augustana Sioux Falls also made our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #2.
Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Plains States Region
Explore all the Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.
| 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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