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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 | 10600 | 25700 | 0.5883 | 696 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11400 | 27400 | 0.5836 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 3 | Lincoln University | 11500 | 31700 | 0.6365 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
| 4 | Grace Christian University | 13300 | 41400 | 0.6792 | 891 | 995 | 0.9931 | |
| 5 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13400 | 30000 | 0.5534 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 6 | Lindsey Wilson College | 13500 | 60700 | 0.7771 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 7 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 13800 | 25000 | 0.4483 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 8 | Arkansas Baptist College | 14400 | 31200 | 0.539 | 373 | 0 | 0.5774 | |
| 9 | East Central University | 14700 | 18500 | 0.2057 | 2,644 | 1055 | 0.5815 | |
| 9 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30700 | 0.5197 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 9 | Urshan College | 14700 | 19500 | 0.2461 | 514 | 1040 | 0.8387 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14800 | 19000 | 0.2212 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 13 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4463 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 14 | Troy University | 15200 | 32600 | 0.5335 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 15 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15300 | 36100 | 0.5762 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 16 | Gordon State College | 15400 | 33500 | 0.5403 | 3,129 | 950 | 0.8678 | |
| 16 | University of North Georgia | 15400 | 48000 | 0.6795 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 18 | Lander University | 15500 | 24600 | 0.3692 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 19 | Fitchburg State University | 15600 | 30100 | 0.481 | 3,027 | 1150 | 0.8693 | |
| 20 | Central Washington University | 15900 | 27200 | 0.4149 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 20 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 20 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 15900 | 23200 | 0.3146 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 23 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 16500 | 41600 | 0.604 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 24 | University of Northern Colorado | 17500 | 39100 | 0.5526 | 6,480 | 1085 | 0.9363 | |
| 25 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17700 | 34000 | 0.479 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 26 | Waynesburg University | 17900 | 45000 | 0.6026 | 1,088 | 1099 | 0.9169 | |
| 27 | Simpson College | 18200 | 59500 | 0.6943 | 1,140 | 1430 | 0.8888 | |
| 28 | California State University-Fullerton | 18400 | 20600 | 0.1071 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 28 | Quincy University | 18400 | 68000 | 0.7289 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 28 | University of Mary | 18400 | 32600 | 0.4346 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 31 | Saint Leo University | 18600 | 50000 | 0.6278 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 32 | East Tennessee State University | 19100 | 26100 | 0.2677 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 33 | Carson-Newman University | 19200 | 51900 | 0.6303 | 1,606 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 34 | Gallaudet University | 19300 | 44900 | 0.5703 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 34 | Southwestern Christian University | 19300 | 26800 | 0.2803 | 351 | 930 | 0.8034 | |
| 34 | Texas Southern University | 19300 | 42500 | 0.5462 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 37 | Grand View University | 19900 | 52500 | 0.6197 | 1,483 | 1035 | 0.9843 | |
| 38 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 39 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 39 | Towson University | 20700 | 30000 | 0.3096 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 41 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 20800 | 60200 | 0.6545 | 1,778 | 1115 | 0.9519 | |
| 42 | Valley City State University | 20900 | 23800 | 0.124 | 1,651 | 1055 | 0.9907 | |
| 43 | Bethel University | 21100 | 62500 | 0.6629 | 1,107 | 1029 | 0.9868 | |
| 44 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 21600 | 30300 | 0.2864 | 981 | 1140 | 0.7493 | |
| 45 | Anna Maria College | 21700 | 54200 | 0.5999 | 995 | 985 | 0.896 | |
| 45 | Kennesaw State University | 21700 | 27200 | 0.2023 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 47 | Calumet College of Saint Joseph | 21800 | 50800 | 0.5712 | 560 | 915 | 0.5728 | |
| 47 | Le Moyne College | 21800 | 58100 | 0.6243 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 49 | University of the Cumberlands | 21900 | 26400 | 0.1689 | 6,091 | 1110 | 0.7139 | |
| 49 | Wayland Baptist University | 21900 | 37300 | 0.4132 | 2,087 | 925 | 0.5596 | |
| 51 | Malone University | 22200 | 68800 | 0.6771 | 992 | 1075 | 0.7586 | |
| 52 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 53 | University of South Dakota | 22800 | 26000 | 0.1232 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 54 | Upper Iowa University | 22900 | 41700 | 0.4495 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 54 | William Woods University | 22900 | 60800 | 0.623 | 1,097 | 1140 | 0.7449 | |
| 56 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 23200 | 58100 | 0.6011 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 57 | Saint Norbert College | 23300 | 70700 | 0.6708 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 58 | Bethel University | 23500 | 41600 | 0.4351 | 2,719 | 1171 | 0.9717 | |
| 59 | Mount Saint Mary College | 23600 | 68400 | 0.6551 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 60 | Hilbert College | 23800 | 63200 | 0.6237 | 939 | 1103 | 0.98 | |
| 61 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 62 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5076 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 62 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5617 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 64 | Fontbonne University | 24300 | 49800 | 0.5123 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
| 64 | Midland University | 24300 | 74700 | 0.6743 | 1,333 | 1079 | 0.6692 | |
| 66 | Elmira College | 24400 | 69000 | 0.6461 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 67 | Westminster College | 25100 | 53800 | 0.5339 | 593 | 1160 | 0.7758 | |
| 68 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 69 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 70 | Doane University | 25900 | 77700 | 0.6663 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 70 | Rivier University | 25900 | 73300 | 0.6464 | 1,335 | 1060 | 0.8176 | |
| 72 | University of Bridgeport | 26000 | 65800 | 0.605 | 1,479 | 1065 | 0.6431 | |
| 73 | North Central University | 26100 | 43900 | 0.4058 | 865 | 1075 | 0.9082 | |
| 74 | Shorter University | 26200 | 36500 | 0.2824 | 1,322 | 1090 | 0.9693 | |
| 75 | Earlham College | 26400 | 75800 | 0.6521 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 75 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 26500 | 34600 | 0.234 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 78 | Wingate University | 26800 | 65000 | 0.5879 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 79 | Emmanuel College | 26900 | 68300 | 0.6064 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 80 | Warren Wilson College | 27000 | 57000 | 0.5263 | 742 | 1289 | 0.7771 | |
| 81 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2815 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 82 | York College of Pennsylvania | 27300 | 45800 | 0.4043 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 83 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27800 | 67800 | 0.5902 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 84 | Canisius University | 28200 | 64800 | 0.5652 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 85 | Bellevue University | 28300 | 32400 | 0.1267 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 86 | Meredith College | 28500 | 64200 | 0.5562 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 87 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28800 | 41800 | 0.3102 | 1,817 | 1080 | 0.8078 | |
| 88 | Mercy University | 29000 | 44500 | 0.3485 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 89 | Chestnut Hill College | 29400 | 75900 | 0.6127 | 972 | 995 | 0.7913 | |
| 90 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 91 | New England College | 29600 | 65800 | 0.5502 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 92 | Franklin Pierce University | 30000 | 68300 | 0.5604 | 1,058 | 1095 | 0.9083 | |
| 93 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 94 | Southeastern University | 30700 | 60500 | 0.4923 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 95 | Fisher College | 30900 | 62300 | 0.5042 | 1,384 | 961 | 0.7075 | |
| 96 | University of North Texas | 31200 | 48200 | 0.3526 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 97 | McPherson College | 31300 | 53500 | 0.4151 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 98 | Columbia International University | 31600 | 44800 | 0.2948 | 721 | 1079 | 0.9461 | |
| 98 | Missouri Baptist University | 31600 | 53800 | 0.4126 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 100 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3637 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 101 | Liberty University | 31900 | 60900 | 0.4764 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 102 | Spring Arbor University | 32400 | 51100 | 0.3658 | 1,091 | 1120 | 0.3733 | |
| 102 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 104 | Anderson University | 33000 | 52500 | 0.3716 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 104 | Nova Southeastern University | 33000 | 56300 | 0.4136 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 104 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 107 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 108 | Beacon College | 33800 | 98100 | 0.6553 | 531 | 0 | 0.1677 | |
| 108 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55900 | 0.3956 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 108 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 111 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 112 | Hardin-Simmons University | 34700 | 49700 | 0.3017 | 1,283 | 1080 | 0.9653 | |
| 113 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 114 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35100 | 38100 | 0.0802 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 115 | Loyola University Chicago | 35300 | 73600 | 0.5204 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 116 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3588 | 768 | 980 | 0.3988 | |
| 117 | Seton Hill University | 36300 | 78000 | 0.5349 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 118 | Touro University | 36500 | 42000 | 0.1308 | 5,098 | 1366 | 0.6196 | |
| 118 | Western Washington University | 36500 | 36500 | 0 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 120 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 694 | 995 | 0.6272 | |
| 121 | Lesley University | 38100 | 54700 | 0.3036 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 122 | Queens University of Charlotte | 38200 | 68200 | 0.4396 | 1,225 | 1235 | 0.5651 | |
| 123 | Montreat College | 38800 | 55000 | 0.2948 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 124 | Elon University | 39400 | 58200 | 0.3229 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 125 | Ohio Christian University | 40100 | 42300 | 0.0521 | 1,340 | 890 | 0.399 | |
| 126 | Spelman College | 40700 | 49200 | 0.1728 | 2,712 | 1218 | 0.2487 | |
| 127 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 43000 | 45200 | 0.0488 | 437 | 1020 | 0.957 | |
| 128 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 129 | Lees-McRae College | 44500 | 58700 | 0.242 | 873 | 1140 | 0.7685 | |
| 130 | City University of Seattle | 46300 | 46300 | 0 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 131 | Mercer University | 48200 | 63700 | 0.2434 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 131 | University of Delaware | 48200 | 61300 | 0.215 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 131 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 134 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.032 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.