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2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Schools Ranked
$13,284 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Top Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Mount Marty University

Yankton, South Dakota
24 Total Awards
$9,650 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Mount Marty University to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a master’s degree in South Dakota. Mount Marty is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Yankton, South Dakota. It awarded 24 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Mount Marty graduate students pay an average of $9,650 in tuition and fees each year.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Mount Marty. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 91% took at least some of their classes online.

Mount Marty also made our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #1.

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#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
11 Total Awards
$16,917 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 master’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. South Dakota State is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at South Dakota State are $16,917 a year.

One thing to take note of is that South Dakota State does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 45% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

South Dakota State also made our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #2.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

References

  • 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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