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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$9,760 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,621 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Associate Degree School for You

Health & Medical Administrative Services is the #11 most popular major in South Dakota with 65 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for health and medical administrative services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Associate Degree Colleges.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Health/Medical Admin Services

#1

Dakota State University

Madison, SD

Our analysis found Dakota State University to be the best value school for health and medical administrative services students who want to pursue a associate degree in South Dakota. Dakota State is a small public school located in the distant town of Madison.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Dakota State are $9,633 a year. The average amount in student loans that health and medical administrative services majors at Dakota State take out while working on their Associate Degree is $34,347.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Dakota State is ranked #1 for overall quality for health and medical administrative services in South Dakota.

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#2

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

The excellent associate degree programs at Southeast Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health and medical administrative services schools in South Dakota. Southeast Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Sioux Falls.

Southeast Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $7,650 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Southeast Tech also took the #2 spot in our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota rankings.

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Out of the 5 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Mitchell Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Mitchell Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Mitchell.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mitchell Tech are $7,524 per year. On average, health and medical administrative services graduates from Mitchell Tech take out $20,280 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Mitchell Tech also took the #5 spot in our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Dakota Technical Institute. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list. Western Dakota Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Rapid City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Dakota Tech are $8,332 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, health and medical administrative services majors at Western Dakota Tech accumulate an average of around $19,549 in student debt.

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Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 2,015
Iowa 251
Missouri 1,011
Nebraska 260
Kansas 490
North Dakota 33

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

Health & Medical Administrative Services Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Health Care Management 31,436
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder 10,149
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician 9,664
Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller 8,186
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant & Medical Secretary 8,049
Medical Office Assistant/Specialist 4,894
Hospital & Health Care Facilities Administration/Management 4,391
Medical Office Management/Administration 3,564
Health Information Management 3,317
Other Health & Medical Administrative Services 2,245
Medical/Health Management & Clinical Assistant/Specialist 1,180
Medical Reception/Receptionist 781
Long Term Care Administration/Management 353
Clinical Research Coordinator 344
Medical Office Computer Specialist/Assistant 224
Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist 198
Healthcare Innovation 183
Health Unit Coordinator/Ward Clerk 94
Medical Staff Services Technology/Technician 26
Health Unit Manager/Ward Supervisor 22
Health/Medical Claims Examiner 15
Disease Registry Data Management 8
Healthcare Information Privacy Assurance and Security 7

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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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