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2023 Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$9,253 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,865 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate 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.

2023 Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Health Professions

Our 2023 rankings named Lake Area Technical Institute the best value school in South Dakota for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. LATI is a small public school located in the remote town of Watertown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at LATI are $6,718 a year.

LATI also took the #3 spot in our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota rankings.

Full Health Professions at Lake Area Technical Institute Report

#2

Dakota State University

Madison, SD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. Dakota State is a small public school located in the distant town of Madison.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Dakota State are $9,633 a year.

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#3

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 #3 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. Southeast Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Sioux Falls.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southeast Tech are $7,650 per year.

Southeast Tech also took the #2 spot in our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota rankings.

Full Health Professions at Southeast Technical College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mitchell Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. Mitchell Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Mitchell.

Mitchell Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $7,524 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Mitchell Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list.

Full Health Professions at Mitchell Technical College Report

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Western Dakota Technical Institute helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in South Dakota. 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.

Western Dakota Tech also made our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #4.

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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

Health Professions Majors to Study

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
Public Health 40,596
Health Sciences & Services 35,945
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 29,833
Mental & Social Health Services 29,053
Medicine 28,629
Dental Support Services 26,399
Communication Sciences 22,298
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 20,393
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 18,901
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services 10,751
Health/Medical Prep Programs 9,210
Other Health Professions 7,984
Dentistry 6,770
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 6,158
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 5,115
Alternative Medicine & Systems 3,564
Chiropractic 2,658
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies 2,374
Medical Illustration & Informatics 2,089
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,775
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 960
Medical Science 909
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 294
Alternative Medical Support Services 227
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 68

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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