2025 Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools in South Dakota

Mental & Social Health Services is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #46 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

There was only one school in South Dakota to review for the 2025 Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools in South Dakota ranking.

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Pick Your Mental & Social Health Services Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools in South Dakota list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Mental & Social Health Services in South Dakota

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the mental health services degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top South Dakota Schools in Mental Health Services

1

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

166 Mental Health Services Degrees Awarded

21.1% Growth in Graduates

University of South Dakota is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in mental & social health services. Located in the town of Vermillion, USD is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Soon after graduation, mental health services degree recipients typically make an average of $43,860 in their early careers.

More information about a degree in mental & social health services from University of South Dakota

2

South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

57.1% Growth in Graduates

It's difficult to beat South Dakota State University if you wish to pursue a degree in mental & social health services. South Dakota State is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Brookings.More information about a degree in mental & social health services from South Dakota State University

Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	284	1,791
Missouri	283	266
Kansas	266	126
Iowa	264	52
Nebraska	238	74
North Dakota	210	34

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Rankings in Majors Related to Mental Health Services

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Mental & Social Health Services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Mental Health Services Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical/Medical Social Work	120
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	40
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	34
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	6
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	3
Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	3

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Majors Similar to Mental Health Services

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	1,028
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	242
Allied Health Professions	228
Health & Medical Administrative Services	144
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	142
Health Sciences & Services	112
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	108
Dental Support Services	98
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	97
Medicine	64

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.