2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid

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Nursing is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 313,362 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $67,065 and had an average of $26,282 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 1,106 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,771 and $33,828 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 68 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nursing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the nursing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing in South Dakota (With Aid)

#1

Mount Marty University

Yankton, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$8,175 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$168,018 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount Marty University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Yankton, South Dakota, and it awarded 18 masters’s nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Mount Marty did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mount Marty are $8,175, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$76,460 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid list. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 45 masters’s nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Nursing at South Dakota State

#3

Presentation College

Aberdeen, South Dakota

$17,839 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Presentation College landed the #3 spot on the list. Aberdeen, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s nursing degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Presentation College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Presentation College are $17,839.

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Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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