If you plan on majoring in human services, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #74 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in South Dakota to determine which ones were the best for human services students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 96 degrees in human services to qualified students.
The human services program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Human Services rankings. We derive our Best Overall Human Services School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Human Services Schools in South Dakota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of human services degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in human services needs to take a look at University of South Dakota. Located in the distant town of Vermillion, USD is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 5th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of South Dakota.
There were about 30 human services students who graduated with this degree at USD in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the human services major at University of South Dakota get $23,745 above the standard college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Lake Area Technical Institute is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in human services. LATI is a small public school located in the town of Watertown. A Best Colleges rank of #297 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means LATI is a great school overall.
There were about 52 human services students who graduated with this degree at LATI in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the human services program earn around $22,590 in their early career salary.
Any student pursuing a degree in human services needs to take a look at Mitchell Technical College. Located in the rural area of Mitchell, Mitchell Tech is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 7th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Dakota.
There were about 10 human services students who graduated with this degree at Mitchell Tech in the most recent data year. After graduation, human services degree recipients generally make around $31,692 at the beginning of their careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The human services program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Human Services rankings. We derive our Best Overall Human Services School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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