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2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

4 Colleges
$36,841 Avg Salary
$15,480 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in South Dakota to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for nursing 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.

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2023 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Top South Dakota Schools for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Nursing & Nursing Assistants

Our 2023 rankings named Lake Area Technical Institute the best school in South Dakota for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. LATI is a small public school located in the remote town of Watertown.

While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing majors at LATI accumulate an average of around $19,795 in student debt.

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#2

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. Southeast Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Sioux Falls.

While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing majors at Southeast Tech accumulate an average of around $22,719 in student debt.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Western Dakota Technical Institute helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in South Dakota. Western Dakota Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Rapid City.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from Western Dakota Tech carry an average student debtload of $24,239.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mitchell Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. Mitchell Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Mitchell.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 22
North Dakota 70
Nebraska 0

Practical Nursing Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training 44,900
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide 34,557
Other Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants 4,817

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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