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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$7,556 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,841 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate School for You

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for practical nursing 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

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

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Nursing & Nursing Assistants

Our analysis found Lake Area Technical Institute to be the best value school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in South Dakota. Located in the town of Watertown, LATI is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at LATI are $6,718 a year. Practical Nursing majors at LATI take out an average of $19,795 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

LATI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list.

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#2

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the rural area of Sioux Falls, Southeast Tech is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southeast Tech are $7,650 a year. Practical Nursing majors at Southeast Tech take out an average of $22,719 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Southeast Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Mitchell Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the rural area of Mitchell, Mitchell Tech is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Mitchell Tech are $7,524 a year.

Mitchell Tech also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Dakota Technical Institute. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the rural area of Rapid City, Western Dakota Tech is a public school with a small student population.

Western Dakota Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $8,332 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing majors at Western Dakota Tech accumulate an average of around $24,239 in student debt.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Western Dakota Tech is ranked #4 for overall quality for practical nursing in South Dakota.

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Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 22
Nebraska 0
North Dakota 70

Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Practical Nursing Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training 44,900
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide 34,557
Other Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants 4,817

Majors Similar to Practical Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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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