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Most Popular Allied Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota

2023 Most Popular Allied Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota

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$33,375 Avg Salary
$17,477 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree School for You

In 2021-2022, allied health & medical assisting services students earned 123 degrees and certificates from a South Dakota school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

With all the trade school 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.

The Most Popular Allied Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in South Dakota to see which associate degree programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services program at each school on the list.


 

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for medical assisting majors pursuing a associate degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Lake Area Technical Institute the most popular school in South Dakota for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their associate degree. LATI is a small public school located in the town of Watertown.

Women make up 85% of the medical assisting majors at the school.

Read full report on Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Lake Area Technical Institute

Out of the 3 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Mitchell Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Mitchell Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Mitchell.

Women make up 95% of the medical assisting majors at the school.

On average, medical assisting graduates from Mitchell Tech take out $13,628 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Full Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Mitchell Technical College Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means National American University - Rapid City is a great place for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their associate degree. Located in the small city of Rapid City, National American University - Rapid City is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

While working on their Associate Degree, medical assisting majors at National American University - Rapid City accumulate an average of around $28,186 in student debt.

Read full report on Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at National American University - Rapid City

Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 945
Missouri 862
Minnesota 1,014
Iowa 477
North Dakota 29
Nebraska 208

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of 11 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Medical Assisting Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Medical/Clinical Assistant 54,553
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant 7,327
Physical Therapy Assistant 6,499
Occupational Therapist Assistant 4,508
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services 4,145
Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) 3,373
Radiologist Assistant 1,360
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant 571
Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant 375
Anesthesiologist Assistant 371
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant 299
Pathology/Pathologist Assistant 157
Lactation Consultant 49

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 88,600
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 85,339
Allied Health Professions 83,905
Health Sciences & Services 36,762
Mental & Social Health Services 30,331

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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