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Best Value Health Sciences & Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota

2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges

$16,099 Avg Tuition & Fees*

$34,111 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, health sciences & services was ranked 6th in South Dakota. In fact, 127 were awarded in the state in 2021-2022.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Health Sciences & Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for health science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Health Sciences & Services

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

78 Bachelor's Degrees

#4 in Quality in South Dakota

$9,432 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of South Dakota to be the best value school for health sciences & services students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in South Dakota. Located in the town of Vermillion, USD is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

USD undergraduate students pay an average of $9,432 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Health Science majors at USD take out an average of $22,751 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $143, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

USD also made our Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #4.

Presentation College

Aberdeen, SD

1 Bachelor's Degrees

$22,765 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Presentation College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the town of Aberdeen, Presentation College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Presentation College are $22,765 a year.

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Best Value Health Sciences & Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

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State	Degrees Awarded
Kansas	143
Missouri	1,041
Minnesota	370
Iowa	54
North Dakota	16
Nebraska	60

One of 11 majors within the trade school area of study, health sciences & services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Health Science Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	30,811
General Health & Wellness	5,951

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
Mental & Social Health Services	30,331

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).
Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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