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2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

2 Schools Ranked

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

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#1

Mount Marty University

Yankton, South Dakota
$9,650 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Mount Marty University the best school in South Dakota for nursing students working on their graduate certificate.

Mount Marty does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 91% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
$9,384 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means South Dakota State University is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at South Dakota State. In 2019-2020 about 45% 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 2 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%.

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