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2023 Best Value Dental Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$7,526 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,070 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Dental Support Services Undergraduate Certificate School for You

With 79 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, dental support services is the #11 most popular major in South Dakota.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Dental Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for dental support students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Dental Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Check out the dental support undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Dental Support Services

Our analysis found Lake Area Technical Institute to be the best value school for dental support services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in South Dakota. LATI is a small public school located in the town of Watertown.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LATI are $6,718 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, dental support majors at LATI accumulate an average of around $7,250 in student debt.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, LATI is ranked #2 for overall quality for dental support in South Dakota.

Read full report on Dental Support Services at Lake Area Technical Institute

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Western Dakota Technical Institute helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value dental support services 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 $8,333 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Western Dakota Tech not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Dental Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in South Dakota list.

Full Dental Support Services at Western Dakota Technical Institute Report

Best Value Dental Support Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Dental Support Services Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 162
Missouri 420
Minnesota 698
Iowa 296
North Dakota 30
Nebraska 126

Dental Support Services is one of 11 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Dental Support Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Dental Assisting/Assistant 17,068
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist 8,524
Dental Laboratory Technology/Technician 323
Other Dental Services & Allied Professions 109

Majors Similar to Dental Support

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 88,600
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 85,339
Allied Health Professions 83,905
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 83,587
Health Sciences & Services 36,762

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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