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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 | 6100 | 16700 | 0.6359 | 636 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | East Central University | 10900 | 43600 | 0.75 | 2,976 | 1045 | 0.6181 | |
| 3 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 11200 | 39000 | 0.7131 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 4 | Grace Christian University | 11300 | 48400 | 0.7673 | 928 | 1075 | 0.9916 | |
| 4 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11300 | 36600 | 0.6909 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 6 | Gordon State College | 12400 | 36000 | 0.6558 | 3,179 | 1015 | 0.859 | |
| 7 | Fitchburg State University | 12500 | 33800 | 0.6297 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 8 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 9 | University of South Florida | 14000 | 22400 | 0.3754 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 10 | Arkansas Baptist College | 14500 | 26800 | 0.4582 | 356 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14500 | 22800 | 0.3645 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 12 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 13 | Urshan University | 15100 | 26700 | 0.4349 | 474 | 990 | 0.8378 | |
| 14 | Troy University | 15200 | 34700 | 0.5619 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 15 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15500 | 31600 | 0.5101 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 15 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 15500 | 25000 | 0.3801 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 17 | Northeastern University Oakland | 16000 | 90000 | 0.8224 | 467 | 1469 | 0.1665 | |
| 18 | Lindsey Wilson University | 16100 | 48700 | 0.6697 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 19 | Lincoln University | 16200 | 34800 | 0.5339 | 1,424 | 890 | 0.6431 | |
| 20 | Bethel University | 16900 | 48700 | 0.6536 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 21 | Bethel University | 17600 | 74100 | 0.7623 | 1,065 | 1030 | 0.9766 | |
| 22 | Waynesburg University | 17800 | 45000 | 0.6034 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 23 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 24 | Quincy University | 18100 | 80500 | 0.7747 | 1,096 | 1115 | 0.551 | |
| 24 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 18100 | 52300 | 0.6537 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 26 | Carson-Newman University | 18200 | 51900 | 0.6496 | 1,912 | 1075 | 0.6381 | |
| 26 | Northeastern University | 18200 | 90000 | 0.7976 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 28 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 41000 | 0.5532 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | Elmira College | 18300 | 84200 | 0.7828 | 783 | 1391 | 0.8054 | |
| 30 | Kennesaw State University | 18400 | 27400 | 0.3282 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 30 | Southwestern Christian University | 18400 | 26800 | 0.3139 | 380 | 930 | 1 | |
| 32 | California State University-Fullerton | 19000 | 41600 | 0.5431 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 32 | Central Washington University | 19000 | 22700 | 0.1628 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 34 | Malone University | 19200 | 80800 | 0.7624 | 946 | 1080 | 0.7623 | |
| 35 | University of Mary | 19300 | 32600 | 0.4067 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 36 | Piedmont University | 20400 | 47400 | 0.57 | 1,154 | 1080 | 0.9054 | |
| 37 | Anna Maria College | 21000 | 54400 | 0.6142 | 916 | 885 | 0.5015 | |
| 37 | Saint Leo University | 21000 | 50000 | 0.5798 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 39 | Southern Oregon University | 21100 | 96100 | 0.7805 | 4,235 | 1104 | 0.8862 | |
| 40 | Texas Southern University | 21400 | 38900 | 0.4499 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 40 | Valley City State University | 21400 | 24700 | 0.1344 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 42 | Nelson University | 21700 | 64000 | 0.6609 | 1,526 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 43 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21900 | 36700 | 0.4036 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 44 | Grand Canyon University | 22000 | 34000 | 0.3524 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 45 | Buena Vista University | 22200 | 59100 | 0.6244 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 46 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 22300 | 48800 | 0.5432 | 1,650 | 1055 | 0.7039 | |
| 47 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 48 | Syracuse University | 22600 | 83600 | 0.7297 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 48 | University of the Cumberlands | 22600 | 26400 | 0.1447 | 7,612 | 1025 | 0.9881 | |
| 50 | Upper Iowa University | 22900 | 41700 | 0.45 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 51 | University of South Dakota | 23300 | 26900 | 0.1327 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 52 | Columbia College | 23500 | 40200 | 0.4155 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 53 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 54 | Judson University | 24000 | 49100 | 0.5122 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 55 | Midland University | 24100 | 64300 | 0.6261 | 1,309 | 1045 | 0.6612 | |
| 56 | Georgia Gwinnett College | 24300 | 25300 | 0.0395 | 12,245 | 995 | 0.955 | |
| 57 | University of North Texas | 24500 | 37400 | 0.3447 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 58 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24600 | 56700 | 0.5672 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 59 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 24800 | 62800 | 0.6055 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 60 | Doane University | 25100 | 92100 | 0.7276 | 1,758 | 1124 | 0.9633 | |
| 60 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 60 | University of Northern Colorado | 25100 | 39100 | 0.3582 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 63 | Saint Norbert College | 25300 | 63000 | 0.598 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 64 | Le Moyne College | 25600 | 58200 | 0.5604 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 65 | Earlham College | 26100 | 75800 | 0.6554 | 670 | 1237 | 0.7904 | |
| 66 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 26200 | 70000 | 0.6256 | 1,793 | 1174 | 0.5589 | |
| 66 | Shorter University | 26200 | 36500 | 0.2828 | 1,203 | 1110 | 0.9646 | |
| 68 | Geneva College | 26300 | 50300 | 0.478 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 68 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1815 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 68 | William Woods University | 26300 | 59900 | 0.5611 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.7118 | |
| 71 | Simpson College | 26400 | 67100 | 0.607 | 1,235 | 1430 | 0.8622 | |
| 72 | Wayland Baptist University | 26600 | 36500 | 0.271 | 1,894 | 1045 | 0.5477 | |
| 72 | Wingate University | 26600 | 67100 | 0.6041 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 74 | Franklin Pierce University | 26700 | 68300 | 0.6087 | 997 | 1174 | 0.9347 | |
| 75 | Murray State University | 27300 | 32400 | 0.1565 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 76 | Chestnut Hill College | 27400 | 87000 | 0.6853 | 868 | 995 | 0.7446 | |
| 77 | New England College | 27600 | 65900 | 0.5814 | 1,049 | 930 | 0.8584 | |
| 77 | University of Bridgeport | 27600 | 65800 | 0.5806 | 1,570 | 1000 | 0.8302 | |
| 79 | North Central University | 28500 | 48400 | 0.4108 | 759 | 1075 | 0.9898 | |
| 80 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28800 | 41800 | 0.3106 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 81 | William Penn University | 29200 | 48000 | 0.3928 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 82 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 29900 | 35400 | 0.1571 | 982 | 1168 | 0.741 | |
| 83 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 84 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31100 | 47100 | 0.3408 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 85 | Columbia International University | 31200 | 44800 | 0.3029 | 1,084 | 1079 | 0.9371 | |
| 86 | Missouri Baptist University | 31300 | 53800 | 0.4193 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 87 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31500 | 50000 | 0.3709 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 88 | Anderson University | 32000 | 54700 | 0.4152 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 89 | Belmont Abbey College | 32300 | 39000 | 0.1716 | 1,300 | 1094 | 0.7465 | |
| 89 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5902 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 91 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.2752 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 92 | Grand View University | 32700 | 60300 | 0.4575 | 1,500 | 1020 | 0.9909 | |
| 93 | Nova Southeastern University | 32800 | 56100 | 0.4152 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 94 | Elon University | 32900 | 69900 | 0.5297 | 6,191 | 1283 | 0.6326 | |
| 95 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 33400 | 41600 | 0.1971 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 96 | Seton Hill University | 33600 | 63700 | 0.4727 | 1,502 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 96 | Spring Arbor University | 33600 | 52700 | 0.3618 | 1,133 | 1124 | 0.6518 | |
| 98 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 98 | Fisher College | 33700 | 65300 | 0.4842 | 1,544 | 961 | 0.8263 | |
| 100 | California Baptist University | 34200 | 69800 | 0.5098 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 100 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 102 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 103 | Washburn University | 34400 | 38400 | 0.1041 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 104 | Hilbert College | 35200 | 52900 | 0.3345 | 931 | 1080 | 0.9724 | |
| 105 | Southern New Hampshire University | 35300 | 64600 | 0.4536 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 106 | Western Washington University | 36400 | 36400 | 0 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 107 | Goldey-Beacom College | 36800 | 40200 | 0.0849 | 701 | 0 | 0.8451 | |
| 108 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 627 | 995 | 0.5931 | |
| 109 | Lander University | 37300 | 37700 | 0.0106 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 110 | University of Arizona | 37800 | 39900 | 0.0526 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 111 | Touro University | 38200 | 41500 | 0.0796 | 4,872 | 1316 | 0.6083 | |
| 112 | Crown College | 38400 | 53200 | 0.2786 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 113 | East Tennessee State University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 114 | Simmons University | 38900 | 57800 | 0.3273 | 1,676 | 1317 | 0.7008 | |
| 115 | Loyola University Chicago | 39300 | 74800 | 0.4749 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 116 | Ohio Christian University | 40600 | 43100 | 0.0595 | 1,288 | 890 | 0.3797 | |
| 117 | Montreat College | 41500 | 58100 | 0.2852 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 118 | University of Mount Olive | 41800 | 50400 | 0.1699 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 119 | Lesley University | 42500 | 57500 | 0.2609 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 120 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 42600 | 45200 | 0.0568 | 454 | 1020 | 0.528 | |
| 121 | Lees-McRae College | 44100 | 58700 | 0.2481 | 869 | 1140 | 0.8036 | |
| 122 | LeTourneau University | 44300 | 57300 | 0.2267 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 123 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 124 | Towson University | 46300 | 46400 | 0.0022 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 125 | University of Delaware | 48200 | 62400 | 0.2271 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 126 | Mount Saint Mary College | 48400 | 68800 | 0.2966 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 127 | Beacon College | 49200 | 113000 | 0.5645 | 531 | 0 | 0.1677 | |
| 128 | University of North Georgia | 50300 | 57000 | 0.1175 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 129 | Queens University of Charlotte | 58100 | 72400 | 0.1976 | 1,210 | 1244 | 0.805 | |
| 130 | University of Oregon | 68700 | 71300 | 0.036 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.