by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in South Dakota” ranking.
Health Sciences & Services is the 34th most popular major in the country with 35,945 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,887 and had an average of $24,736 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Dakota, there were 136 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,522 and $23,028 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,422 and $0 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in health sciences and services.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The health science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in South Dakota”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota doctor’s degree health science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in South Dakota list. USD is a medium-sized school located in Vermillion, South Dakota that handed out 9 doctorate’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
