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2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

5 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 Most Popular 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. This report analyzed 5 schools in South Dakota to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate certificate programs for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants program at each school on the list.

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

#1

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

Our analysis found Southeast Technical College to be the most popular school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in South Dakota. Southeast Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Sioux Falls.

Women make up 91% of the practical nursing majors at the school.

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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Area Technical Institute. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. LATI is a small public school located in the town of Watertown.

About 92% of the students majoring in practical nursing at the school are women while 8% are male.

Practical Nursing majors at LATI take out an average of $19,795 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Dakota Technical Institute. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. Western Dakota Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Rapid City.

About 90% of the students majoring in practical nursing at the school are women while 10% are male.

On average, practical nursing graduates from Western Dakota Tech take out $24,239 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Mitchell Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in South Dakota. Mitchell Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Mitchell.

Women make up 88% of the practical nursing majors at the school.

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#5

Sinte Gleska University

Mission, SD

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Sinte Gleska University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in South Dakota. Located in the remote area of Mission, Sinte Gleska University is a public college with a small student population.

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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 5 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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