2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was the most popular one in South Dakota. In total, 1,022 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in South Dakota.

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for healthcare students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Check out the nursing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top South Dakota Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing

#1

Mount Marty University

Yankton, SD

1 Graduate Certificates

Our analysis found Mount Marty University to be the best school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in South Dakota. Located in the town of Yankton, Mount Marty is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, SD

8 Graduate Certificates

The excellent graduate certificate programs at South Dakota State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in South Dakota. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

• Read more about our ranking methodology.
• 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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