2025 Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

If you pursue a associate degree in health & medical administrative services, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #10 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in South Dakota to determine which ones were the best for health & medical administrative services students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 47 associate degrees in health & medical administrative services during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Health & Medical Administrative Services School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of health & medical administrative services for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality health & medical administrative services program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on health & medical administrative services students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of health & medical administrative services students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for health & medical administrative services to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health & medical administrative services related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for health & medical administrative services students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Health & Medical Administrative Services in South Dakota

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in health & medical administrative services.

Top South Dakota Schools for an Associate in Health & Medical Administrative Services

1

National American University - Rapid City
Rapid City, SD

14 Annual Graduates

$28,699 Median Starting Salary

National American University - Rapid City is a wonderful choice for students interested in an associate degree in health & medical administrative services. National American University - Rapid City is a small private for-profit university located in the city of Rapid City.

Associate students who receive their degree from the health & medical administrative services program earn an average of $28,699 for their early career.

More information about a associate in health & medical administrative services from National American University - Rapid City

2

Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls, SD

10 Annual Graduates

Southeast Technical College is a good choice for individuals pursuing an associate degree in health & medical administrative services. Located in the city of Sioux Falls, Southeast Tech is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in health & medical administrative services from Southeast Technical College

3

Western Dakota Technical Institute
Rapid City, SD

10 Annual Graduates

Western Dakota Technical Institute is a great option for students interested in an associate degree in health & medical administrative services. Western Dakota Tech is a small public school located in the small city of Rapid City.More information about a associate in health & medical administrative services from Western Dakota Technical Institute

Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	151	260
Kansas	146	208
Missouri	117	169
Iowa	116	102
Nebraska	98	65
North Dakota	92	23

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Health & Medical Administrative Services Related Rankings by Major

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

Health & Medical Administrative Services Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	20
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant & Medical Secretary	11
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	9
Medical Office Assistant/Specialist	5
Medical Staff Services Technology/Technician	2

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	157
Allied Health Professions	126
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	56
Health Sciences & Services	29
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	25
Dental Support Services	9
Mental & Social Health Services	3
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	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.