2022 Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k

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In 2019-2020, 27,562 people earned their degree in medicine, making the major the 54th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, medicine graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $54,795 and had an average of $169,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 69 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,400 and $160,443 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 69 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great medicine programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the medicine 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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Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota doctor’s degree medicine students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medicine (Income $0-$30k) in South Dakota

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$12,637 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, this medium-sized public school awarded 69 degrees to qualified doctorate’s medicine students in 2019-2020.

USD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Dakota are $12,637, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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