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2023 Best Value Human Services Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$7,891 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,014 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Services 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 Value Human Services Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in South Dakota to see which programs offered the best value experiences for human services students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Human Services Schools in South Dakota

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

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Human Services

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD
$9,432 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of South Dakota the best value school in South Dakota for human services students. USD is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Vermillion.

USD undergraduate students pay an average of $9,432 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Human Services at University of South Dakota Report

$7,524 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Mitchell Technical College is a great value for human services students. 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. Human Services majors at Mitchell Tech take out an average of $12,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full Human Services at Mitchell Technical College Report

$6,718 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Lake Area Technical Institute is a great value for human services students. 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. Human Services majors at LATI take out an average of $12,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

LATI not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Human Services Schools in South Dakota list.

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Best Value Human Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Human Services Colleges 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

More Human Services Rankings in South Dakota

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 3 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to University of the Fraser Valley.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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