2024 Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

Medical/Clinical Assistant is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #21 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 25 associate degrees in medical/clinical assistant during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on medical/clinical assistant students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of medical/clinical assistant students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized medical/clinical assistant related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for medical/clinical assistant students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Medical/Clinical Assistant in South Dakota

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant.

Top South Dakota Schools for an Associate in Medical/Clinical Assistant

1

Lake Area Technical Institute
Watertown, SD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Lake Area Technical Institute is a good decision for students interested in an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant. Located in the remote town of Watertown, LATI is a public school with a small student population.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from Lake Area Technical Institute

2

Mitchell Technical College
Mitchell, SD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Mitchell Technical College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant. Mitchell Tech is a small public college located in the rural area of Mitchell.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from Mitchell Technical College

Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	299	48
Kansas	275	21
Missouri	210	26
Iowa	200	39
Nebraska	163	25
North Dakota	144	3

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Rankings in Majors Related to Medical/Clinical Assistant

One of 14 majors within the Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services area of study, Medical/Clinical Assistant has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Medical/Clinical Assistant

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physical Therapy Assistant	19
Occupational Therapist Assistant	14
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant	9

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.