Find Nursing Colleges

What Do You Want to Study?

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

Find Schools Near

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

5 Colleges
$36,677 Avg Salary
$12,109 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 2023 rankings named Southeast Technical College the most popular school in South Dakota for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. Southeast Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Sioux Falls.

Women make up 90% of the practical nursing majors at the school.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from Southeast Tech carry an average student debt load of $12,840.

Read More…

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lake Area Technical Institute is a great place for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. LATI is a small public school located in the remote town of Watertown.

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

On average, practical nursing graduates from LATI take out $12,839 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Full Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Lake Area Technical Institute Report

Out of the 5 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Dakota Technical Institute landed the # 3 spot on the list. Western Dakota Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Rapid City.

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

While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing majors at Western Dakota Tech accumulate an average of around $13,314 in student debt.

Read More…

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

Women make up 96% of the practical nursing majors at the school.

On average, practical nursing graduates from Mitchell Tech take out $10,785 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Full Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Mitchell Technical College Report

#5

Sinte Gleska University

Mission, SD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sinte Gleska University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the remote area of Mission, Sinte Gleska University is a public college with a fairly small student population.

Full Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Sinte Gleska University Report

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

Explore all the Most Popular 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 45,031
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide 35,655
Other Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants 4,653

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 319,502

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.

Featured Schools

Find Nursing Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited nursing schools across the U.S.