2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Communication Sciences Bachelor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, communication sciences students earned 72 degrees and certificates from a South Dakota school, making the subject the 7th in the state.
Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Communication Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for communication sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Communication Sciences
Our analysis found University of South Dakota to be the best value school for communication sciences students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in South Dakota. USD is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Vermillion.
USD undergraduate students pay an average of $9,432 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, communication sciences majors at USD accumulate an average of around $22,548 in student debt.
USD also took the #4 spot in our Best Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota rankings.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Augustana University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list. Augustana Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Sioux Falls.
Augustana Sioux Falls undergraduate students pay an average of $35,914 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Augustana Sioux Falls also made our Best Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #1.
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Explore all the Best Value Communication Sciences Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Minnesota | 325 |
Iowa | 249 |
Missouri | 598 |
Nebraska | 141 |
Kansas | 241 |
North Dakota | 129 |
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Communication Sciences Related Majors for Communication Sciences
Communication Sciences is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.
Communication Sciences Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Speech Pathology & Audiology | 7,841 |
General Communication Sciences & Disorders | 7,269 |
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist | 5,907 |
Audiology/Audiologist | 1,032 |
Other Communication Disorders Sciences & Services | 249 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Nursing | 322,592 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 89,359 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 84,492 |
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Allied Health Professions | 82,308 |
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).
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