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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$7,556 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,841 Avg Salary

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in South Dakota to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for practical nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for practical nursing majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Nursing & Nursing Assistants

Our 2023 rankings named Lake Area Technical Institute the best value 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 town of Watertown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at LATI are $6,718 a year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing majors at LATI accumulate an average of around $19,795 in student debt.

LATI not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list.

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#2

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southeast Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value 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.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southeast Tech are $7,650 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing majors at Southeast Tech accumulate an average of around $22,719 in student debt.

Southeast Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list.

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Mitchell Tech are $7,524 a year.

Mitchell Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Western Dakota Technical Institute helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value 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.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Dakota Tech are $8,332 per year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from Western Dakota Tech carry an average student debtload of $24,239.

Western Dakota Tech also took the #3 spot in our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota rankings.

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

Explore all the Best Value 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.

  • 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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