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2023 Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$9,299 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$110,688 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students earned 138 degrees and certificates from a South Dakota school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in South Dakota ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges.

Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences School

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the best value school in South Dakota for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public school with a large student population.

South Dakota State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,299 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Pharmacy majors at South Dakota State take out an average of $23,037 in student loans while working on their egree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, South Dakota State is ranked #2 for overall quality for pharmacy in South Dakota.

Full Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at South Dakota State University Report

Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 190
Iowa 234
Missouri 491
Nebraska 201
Kansas 288
North Dakota 157

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Pharmacy Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Pharmacy 15,637
Pharmaceutical Sciences 2,139
Other Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration 876
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design 503
Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs 240
Clinical and Industrial Drug Development 206
Natural Products Chemistry and Pharmacognosy 175
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics 175
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry 161
Industrial and Physical Pharmacy and Cosmetic Sciences 152
Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management 97
Clinical, Hospital, and Managed Care Pharmacy 32

Related Major Annual Graduates
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 values are for the top school 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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