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2023 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in South Dakota

1 Schools Ranked
$74,781 Avg Student Debt

It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Also there are many trade schools and bpptcamp that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 1 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for nursing students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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Top Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in South Dakota

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#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
157 Total Awards
$9,384 Average Tuition & Fees
$55,086 Avg Student Debt

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the best school in South Dakota for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. This fairly large public school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 157 doctor’s degrees in 2021-2022.

By the time they get their doctor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $55,086 in student loans.

One thing to take note of is that South Dakota State does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2020-2021 about 46% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 1 schools only.

References

  • 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 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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