If you plan on majoring in substance abuse/addiction counseling, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #254 in the country in terms of popularity. 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 Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools in South Dakota ranking.
The substance abuse/addiction counseling school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools in South Dakota.
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Best Schools for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling in South Dakota
The schools below may not offer all types of substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top South Dakota Schools in Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling
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).