2025 Best Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in health professions, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #2 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.

College Factual reviewed 6 schools in South Dakota to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of health professions. Combined, these schools handed out 1,053 bachelor's degrees in health professions to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

The health professions bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. 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 bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's 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

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on health professions students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of health professions students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt health professions students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health professions related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for health professions students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The health professions 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 Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Health Professions in South Dakota

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in health professions.

Top South Dakota Schools for a Bachelor's in Health Professions

1

South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

400 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in health professions has to look into South Dakota State University. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from South Dakota State University

2

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

377 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in health professions needs to check out University of South Dakota. USD is a medium-sized public university located in the distant town of Vermillion.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from University of South Dakota

3

Mount Marty University
Yankton, SD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

40 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Mount Marty University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in health professions. Located in the town of Yankton, Mount Marty is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from Mount Marty University

4

Augustana University
Sioux Falls, SD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

80 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Augustana University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in health professions. Augustana Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Sioux Falls.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from Augustana University

5

Dakota Wesleyan University
Mitchell, SD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

35 Annual Graduates

Located in the remote town of Mitchell, Dakota Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from Dakota Wesleyan University

6

University of Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, SD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

72 Annual Graduates

University of Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Sioux Falls.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from University of Sioux Falls

Best Health Professions Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	35	5,581
Kansas	33	2,535
Minnesota	33	8,606
Iowa	32	2,006
Nebraska	31	1,781
North Dakota	30	949

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Health Professions Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	643
Health Sciences & Services	77
Mental & Social Health Services	73
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	60
Communication Sciences	45
Health & Medical Administrative Services	41
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	39
Dental Support Services	32
Public Health	19
Allied Health Professions	17

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.