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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,075 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 59 degrees and certificates were awarded to mental & social health services students who went to a South Dakota college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for mental health services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Mental & Social Health Services

Our 2023 rankings named Lake Area Technical Institute the best value school in South Dakota for mental & social health services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the town of Watertown, LATI is a public college with a small student population.

LATI undergraduate students pay an average of $6,718 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

LATI not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in South Dakota list.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Lake Area Technical Institute Report

#2

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

Out of the 2 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Vermillion, USD is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USD are $9,432 per year.

USD also took the #3 spot in our Best Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in South Dakota rankings.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at University of South Dakota Report

Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 47
Missouri 27
Minnesota 326
Iowa 1
North Dakota 48
Nebraska 127

Mental & Social Health Services is one of 11 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Mental Health Services Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor 8,344
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling 5,915
Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions 3,697
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling 3,683
Clinical/Medical Social Work 2,864
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician 2,762
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling 2,419
Genetic Counseling/Counselor 299
Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling 217
Trauma Counseling 104
Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy 12
Medical Family Therapy/Therapist 12
Hospice and Palliative Care 3

Majors Similar to Mental Health Services

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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