General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at University of South Dakota

What traits are you looking for in a health studies school? To help you decide if University of South Dakota is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health studies program.

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and approximately 9,459 students attend the school each year. Of the 450 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of South Dakota in 2021, 96 of them were general health services/allied health/health sciences majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

USD General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Health Studies (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Studies
• Doctorate Degree in Health Studies

USD General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health studies programs across the country. The following shows how USD performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health studies major at USD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value General/Allied Health Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Most Popular General/Allied Health Sciences Basic Certificate Schools	57
Most Focused General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59
Most Focused General/Allied Health Sciences Basic Certificate Schools	64
Best General/Allied Health Sciences Schools	74
	89
Best Value General/Allied Health Sciences Schools	113

Health Studies Student Demographics at USD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health studies majors at University of South Dakota.

USD General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 96 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences from USD in 2020-2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health studies at USD are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Dakota with a bachelor's in health studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	80
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

USD also has a doctoral program available in health studies. In 2021, 9 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.