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Considering a degree in Human Services?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Human Services majors who live in South Dakota.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Human Services degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of South Dakota.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwest Indian College | 5800 | 16400 | 0.6461 | 636 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Grace Christian University | 11300 | 42100 | 0.7323 | 928 | 1075 | 0.9916 | |
| 3 | Gordon State College | 12700 | 25100 | 0.4942 | 3,179 | 1015 | 0.859 | |
| 4 | Lincoln University | 14100 | 32600 | 0.5668 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
| 5 | Arkansas Baptist College | 14400 | 24000 | 0.3995 | 342 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 30400 | 0.5126 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 7 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4443 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 8 | Urshan University | 15100 | 19600 | 0.2301 | 474 | 990 | 0.8378 | |
| 9 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15200 | 23400 | 0.35 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 10 | Lander University | 15800 | 24600 | 0.357 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 11 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 11 | Valley City State University | 15900 | 23800 | 0.3322 | 1,651 | 1055 | 0.9907 | |
| 13 | Fitchburg State University | 16100 | 33700 | 0.5223 | 3,027 | 1145 | 0.8693 | |
| 14 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16500 | 45100 | 0.6343 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 14 | University of North Texas | 16500 | 26100 | 0.3684 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 16 | Lindsey Wilson College | 17500 | 47100 | 0.6287 | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Bethel University | 17900 | 35300 | 0.4924 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 17 | Northeastern University Oakland | 17900 | 90000 | 0.8013 | 464 | 1469 | 0.1665 | |
| 17 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17900 | 27400 | 0.3465 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 17 | Waynesburg University | 17900 | 45000 | 0.6033 | 1,030 | 1093 | 0.8982 | |
| 21 | Towson University | 18300 | 29900 | 0.3876 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 22 | California State University-Fullerton | 18400 | 20600 | 0.1045 | 38,760 | 1090 | 0.9052 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 18400 | 22800 | 0.1932 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.865 | |
| 24 | Simpson College | 18700 | 60500 | 0.6906 | 1,235 | 1430 | 0.8622 | |
| 24 | Southwestern Christian University | 18700 | 26800 | 0.3027 | 380 | 975 | 0.6206 | |
| 26 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 27 | Central Washington University | 19000 | 22700 | 0.1628 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 28 | University of Mary | 19300 | 32600 | 0.4067 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 28 | University of Northern Colorado | 19300 | 30500 | 0.3672 | 6,480 | 1085 | 0.8585 | |
| 30 | Bethel University | 19900 | 54500 | 0.6358 | 1,065 | 1030 | 0.9766 | |
| 30 | Lee University | 19900 | 37400 | 0.4682 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 32 | Carson-Newman University | 20000 | 51900 | 0.6149 | 1,596 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 33 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20200 | 62200 | 0.6756 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 34 | Bellevue University | 20300 | 36400 | 0.4434 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 36 | Anna Maria College | 21000 | 54200 | 0.6128 | 916 | 885 | 0.503 | |
| 37 | East Central University | 22200 | 36200 | 0.3866 | 2,644 | 1055 | 0.5815 | |
| 37 | Washburn University | 22200 | 29500 | 0.2478 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 39 | Nelson University | 22400 | 55500 | 0.5964 | 1,479 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 40 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6197 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 41 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22800 | 53000 | 0.5693 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 42 | University of South Dakota | 22900 | 26000 | 0.1211 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 42 | Upper Iowa University | 22900 | 41700 | 0.4499 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 44 | University of the Cumberlands | 23000 | 26400 | 0.1289 | 7,612 | 1025 | 0.9881 | |
| 45 | North Central University | 23400 | 43900 | 0.4671 | 759 | 1075 | 0.9898 | |
| 46 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 47 | East Tennessee State University | 24000 | 30600 | 0.2155 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 47 | Saint Norbert College | 24000 | 63800 | 0.6236 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 49 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5069 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 49 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5611 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 51 | Calumet College of Saint Joseph | 24500 | 41500 | 0.41 | 530 | 895 | 0.4 | |
| 51 | Midland University | 24500 | 65300 | 0.6254 | 1,309 | 1045 | 0.6612 | |
| 53 | Elmira College | 25100 | 60600 | 0.5858 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 53 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 25100 | 31900 | 0.2146 | 981 | 1140 | 0.7493 | |
| 55 | Doane University | 25500 | 71000 | 0.6412 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 56 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 57 | Saint Leo University | 25800 | 50000 | 0.4838 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 58 | Shorter University | 26200 | 36500 | 0.2828 | 1,203 | 1110 | 0.9646 | |
| 59 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4371 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 60 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4737 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 61 | Wingate University | 26800 | 65000 | 0.5871 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 62 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 63 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 37700 | 0.2842 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 64 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 65 | William Woods University | 27500 | 58400 | 0.5288 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 66 | University of North Georgia | 27600 | 38600 | 0.2853 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 67 | Chestnut Hill College | 28000 | 60100 | 0.534 | 868 | 995 | 0.7446 | |
| 68 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 28300 | 48800 | 0.4197 | 1,793 | 1174 | 0.5589 | |
| 69 | Wayland Baptist University | 28600 | 37300 | 0.2335 | 2,087 | 1010 | 0.5596 | |
| 70 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28800 | 41800 | 0.3105 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 71 | New England College | 28900 | 65800 | 0.5608 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 72 | East Texas A&M University | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1945 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 73 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3841 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 74 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29800 | 34000 | 0.1234 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 75 | Hilbert College | 29900 | 57100 | 0.4764 | 931 | 1080 | 0.972 | |
| 76 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 77 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 78 | Columbia International University | 31600 | 44800 | 0.2936 | 965 | 1079 | 0.9447 | |
| 79 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4116 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 80 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3626 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 81 | Mount Saint Mary College | 32200 | 68600 | 0.5306 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 81 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 32200 | 45700 | 0.2957 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 83 | Grand View University | 32400 | 58100 | 0.4416 | 1,500 | 1020 | 0.9909 | |
| 84 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5874 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 85 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 86 | Emmanuel College | 33400 | 71400 | 0.5322 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 87 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4893 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 88 | University of Bridgeport | 33600 | 60500 | 0.4448 | 1,570 | 1000 | 0.8302 | |
| 89 | Franklin Pierce University | 33700 | 68300 | 0.5063 | 997 | 1174 | 0.9347 | |
| 89 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 33700 | 37200 | 0.0941 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 91 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55300 | 0.3889 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 33800 | 45300 | 0.2541 | 4,526 | 0 | 0 | |
| 93 | Fisher College | 33900 | 65300 | 0.4807 | 1,536 | 961 | 0.7068 | |
| 93 | George Washington University | 33900 | 81800 | 0.5857 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 93 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 96 | Nova Southeastern University | 34200 | 56100 | 0.3903 | 7,311 | 1165 | 0.7321 | |
| 97 | Meredith College | 34400 | 64200 | 0.4643 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 97 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 34400 | 67500 | 0.4907 | 837 | 995 | 0.7815 | |
| 99 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 100 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34600 | 44300 | 0.2188 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 101 | University of Oregon | 34700 | 40200 | 0.1383 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 102 | Southeastern University | 34900 | 60500 | 0.4229 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 103 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 104 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 35200 | 41600 | 0.1538 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 105 | Western Washington University | 36300 | 36300 | 0 | 13,752 | 1272 | 0.9325 | |
| 106 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 107 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 627 | 995 | 0.5931 | |
| 107 | Goldey-Beacom College | 37200 | 40200 | 0.0746 | 697 | 0 | 0.8451 | |
| 107 | Hardin-Simmons University | 37200 | 49700 | 0.2514 | 1,291 | 1110 | 0.9 | |
| 107 | Lesley University | 37200 | 54700 | 0.3201 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 111 | Queens University of Charlotte | 38400 | 68200 | 0.4367 | 1,225 | 1208 | 0.6208 | |
| 112 | Loyola University Chicago | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 112 | Touro University | 38900 | 42000 | 0.0737 | 4,872 | 1322 | 0.6083 | |
| 114 | Ohio Christian University | 41000 | 43100 | 0.0499 | 1,288 | 890 | 0.3797 | |
| 115 | Montreat College | 41900 | 58100 | 0.278 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 116 | Anderson University | 42100 | 53600 | 0.2145 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 117 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 118 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 43000 | 45200 | 0.0476 | 454 | 1020 | 0.5271 | |
| 119 | Spelman College | 44200 | 49200 | 0.1026 | 3,417 | 1218 | 0.2487 | |
| 120 | Lees-McRae College | 44600 | 58700 | 0.241 | 873 | 1140 | 0.7678 | |
| 121 | Mercer University | 45200 | 65400 | 0.3085 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 122 | University of Delaware | 49000 | 61300 | 0.2017 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 123 | Beacon College | 49300 | 81800 | 0.3972 | 531 | 0 | 0.4347 | |
| 124 | Elon University | 55700 | 68900 | 0.1917 | 6,452 | 1215 | 0.6635 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.