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2024 Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in South Dakota

2 Colleges in South Dakota
130 Medical Assisting Degrees Awarded
$29,312 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in allied health & medical assisting services is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #48 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in South Dakota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 130 degrees in allied health & medical assisting services during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Associate Degrees in Medical Assisting

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in South Dakota list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services in South Dakota

The schools below may not offer all types of medical assisting degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top South Dakota Schools in Medical Assisting

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
62 Medical Assisting Degrees Awarded
48.4% Growth in Graduates

Lake Area Technical Institute is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in allied health & medical assisting services. Located in the remote town of Watertown, LATI is a public school with a small student population.

Those allied health & medical assisting services students who get their degree from Lake Area Technical Institute earn $3,365 more than the standard medical assisting student.

More information about a degree in allied health & medical assisting services from Lake Area Technical Institute

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Mitchell Technical College is a great option for students pursuing a degree in allied health & medical assisting services. Mitchell Tech is a small public college located in the rural area of Mitchell.

Students who receive their degree from the medical assisting program make around $25,339 for their early career.

More information about a degree in allied health & medical assisting services from Mitchell Technical College

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

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 284 531
Missouri 283 369
Kansas 266 195
Iowa 264 198
Nebraska 238 124
North Dakota 210 14

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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Medical Assisting Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Medical/Clinical Assistant 63
Physical Therapy Assistant 19
Occupational Therapist Assistant 14
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant 14
Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) 11
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant 9

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 1,024
Allied Health Professions 258
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 245
Health & Medical Administrative Services 203
Mental & Social Health Services 148
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 138
Health Sciences & Services 136
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 126
Dental Support Services 79
Communication Sciences 72

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