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Best Human Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

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2023 Best Human Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

2 Colleges
$25,222 Avg Salary
$23,175 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Human Services Associate Degree School for You

Human Services is the #45 most popular major in South Dakota with 66 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Human Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Human Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Human Services Associate Degree Colleges.

Top South Dakota Schools for an Associate in Human Services

Our 2023 rankings named Mitchell Technical College the best school in South Dakota for human services students working on their associate degree. Mitchell Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Mitchell.

Read full report on Human Services at Mitchell Technical College

The excellent associate degree programs at Lake Area Technical Institute helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best human services schools in South Dakota. LATI is a small public school located in the town of Watertown.

Full Human Services at Lake Area Technical Institute Report

Best Human Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Human Services Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 283
Minnesota 717
Kansas 18
Iowa 136
Nebraska 118
North Dakota 37

One of 5 majors within the area of study, human services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 58,326
Public Administration 16,905
Public Policy 6,430
Community Organization & Advocacy 3,096
Other Public Administration 588

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to University of the Fraser Valley.

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