2023 Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in South Dakota to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for healthcare students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

View our full ranking methodology.

Top Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Mount Marty University

Yankton, South Dakota

$9,650 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Mount Marty University the best school in South Dakota for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Mount Marty. In fact, around 91% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#2

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

$7,118 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of South Dakota helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best healthcare schools in South Dakota.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at USD. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 58% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#3

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

$9,384 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at South Dakota State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best healthcare schools in South Dakota.

South Dakota State does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 45% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

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