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2023 Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

2 Colleges
$32,489 Avg Salary
$22,312 Avg Student Debt

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in South Dakota. With 67 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 8th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for medical assisting majors pursuing an online associate degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Mitchell Technical College the most popular online school in South Dakota for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their associate degree. Mitchell Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Mitchell.

After completing their Associate Degree, medical assisting graduates from Mitchell Tech carry an average student debtload of $16,861.

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State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 531
Iowa 198
Missouri 379
Nebraska 124
Kansas 195
North Dakota 14

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One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, allied health and medical assisting services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medical Assisting Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Medical/Clinical Assistant 56,466
Physical Therapy Assistant 7,420
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant 7,393
Occupational Therapist Assistant 4,848
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services 3,493
Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) 3,031
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant 709
Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant 365
Anesthesiologist Assistant 327
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant 189
Radiologist Assistant 109
Pathology/Pathologist Assistant 97
Lactation Consultant 45

Majors Similar to Medical Assisting

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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