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2023 Most Popular Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in South Dakota

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When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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 and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Healthcare Doctor's Degree 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 doctor's degree programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.

Learn more about these popular schools below:

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota
148 Total Awards
$7,118 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of South Dakota to be the most popular school for healthcare students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in South Dakota. Vermillion, South Dakota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 148 students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 61% were women.

USD does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. 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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#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
82 Total Awards
$9,384 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list. South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 82 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.

Around 68% of those degree recipients were women.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at South Dakota State. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 45% took at least some of their classes online.

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#3

Mount Marty University

Yankton, South Dakota
33 Total Awards
$9,650 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Mount Marty University is a great place for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree. Yankton, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 33 students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 45% were women.

One thing to take note of is that Mount Marty does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 91% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Read full report on Mount Marty University

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

References

  • 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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