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2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$12,397 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$98,140 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Master's Degree 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for nursing 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 Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Colleges.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Nursing

#1

Mount Marty University

Yankton, SD

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mount Marty are $9,650 per year.

Mount Marty also made our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on Nursing at Mount Marty University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at South Dakota State are $9,384 per year.

South Dakota State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list.

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#3

Presentation College

Aberdeen, SD

The excellent master’s degree programs at Presentation College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in South Dakota. Presentation College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Aberdeen.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Presentation College are $18,157 a year.

Full Nursing at Presentation College Report

Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Nursing Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 14,890
Iowa 2,966
Missouri 6,840
Nebraska 1,908
Kansas 2,633
North Dakota 976

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

Nursing Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing 266,651
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 16,104
Nursing Administration 9,838
Nursing Practice 7,992
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 5,092
Nursing Science 4,600
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2,287
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2,021
Nurse Anesthetist 1,936
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 1,883
Critical Care Nursing 773
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 563
School Nursing 553
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 509
Clinical Nurse Leader 444
Clinical Nurse Specialist 419
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 331
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 181
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing 57
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 53
Palliative Care Nursing 14
Forensic Nursing 14

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
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 3 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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