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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services (Income $30-$48k) in South Dakota

1 Ranked Colleges
2 Degrees Awarded
$12,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Health Sciences & Services is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 31,648 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,571 and had an average of $24,129 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 133 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,300 and $17,805 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health sciences and services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health sciences and services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services (Income $30-$48k) in South Dakota

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the #1 spot on the list. University of South Dakota is a medium-sized school located in Vermillion, South Dakota that handed out 2 doctorate’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USD, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USD are $12,637, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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