2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Health Professions in South Dakota

Health Professions is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #1 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in South Dakota to determine which ones were the most popular for health professions students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 295 doctor's degrees in health professions during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Health Professions School for Your Doctor's Degree

The health professions doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Health Professions in South Dakota ranking.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for health professions, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Health Professions Schools

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. Plus, you can view our other rankings for health professions.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Health Professions in South Dakota

Learn about the most popular colleges and universities for health professions students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Health Professions Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD

150 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In SD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of South Dakota if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in health professions. Located in the town of Vermillion, USD is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in health professions in South Dakota.

There were about 150 health professions individuals who graduated with this degree at USD in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in health professions from University of South Dakota

2

South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD

111 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In SD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at South Dakota State University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in health professions. South Dakota State is a large public university located in the remote town of Brookings. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in health professions in South Dakota.

There were approximately 111 health professions students who graduated with this degree at South Dakota State in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in health professions from South Dakota State University

3

Mount Marty University
Yankton, SD

34 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In SD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Mount Marty University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in health professions. Mount Marty is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Yankton. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in health professions in South Dakota.

There were approximately 34 health professions individuals who graduated with this degree at Mount Marty in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in health professions from Mount Marty University

Best Health Professions Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Health Professions Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	27	2,067
Iowa	27	1,850
Missouri	27	3,130
Kansas	25	850
Nebraska	23	1,045
North Dakota	20	336

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Health Professions Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	82
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	73
Medicine	69
Nursing	63
Communication Sciences	5
Health Sciences & Services	2
Medical Science	1

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.