2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in South Dakota

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Registered Nursing Major in South Dakota for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Registered Nursing is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 266,651 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across South Dakota, there were 942 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 114 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,091 and $23,788 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Registered Nursing Major in South Dakota for an Associate” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in registered nursing. To top this list, a school must have a successful registered nursing program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Registered Nursing Schools

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 “Most Well Attended Registered Nursing Major in South Dakota for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Most Well Attended Registered Nursing Major in South Dakota for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota associate degree registered nursing students.

Top 5 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in South Dakota

1

Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#9 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Registered Nursing Major in South Dakota for an Associate. This small school is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and it awarded 56 associates’s registered nursing degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Southeast Technical College Registered Nursing Report

2

Lake Area Technical Institute
Watertown, South Dakota

#4 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lake Area Technical Institute. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Registered Nursing Major in South Dakota for an Associate. Lake Area Technical Institute is a small school located in Watertown, South Dakota that handed out 26 associates’s registered nursing degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Lake Area Technical Institute Registered Nursing Report

3

Western Dakota Technical Institute
Rapid City, South Dakota

#13 overall quality in South Dakota

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Registered Nursing Major in South Dakota for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Dakota Technical Institute landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Rapid City, South Dakota, this small public school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified associates’s registered nursing students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Registered Nursing at Western Dakota Tech

4

Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, South Dakota

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Registered Nursing Major in South Dakota for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Oglala Lakota College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Kyle, South Dakota, this small public school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified associates’s registered nursing students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Registered Nursing at Oglala Lakota College

5

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota

#5 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Registered Nursing Major in South Dakota for an Associate list. University of South Dakota is a public institution located in Vermillion, South Dakota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 198 associates’s 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 full report on Registered Nursing at University of South Dakota

• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in the Plains States Region
• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.