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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 | Gordon State College | 13300 | 30100 | 0.558 | 3,129 | 965 | 0.8678 | |
| 4 | Grace Christian University | 13300 | 41400 | 0.6792 | 891 | 995 | 0.9931 | |
| 6 | East Texas A&M University | 13400 | 30000 | 0.5534 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 7 | Lindsey Wilson College | 13500 | 60700 | 0.7771 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 8 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 9 | Arkansas Baptist College | 14300 | 31200 | 0.5422 | 373 | 0 | 0.5774 | |
| 10 | East Central University | 14700 | 18500 | 0.2057 | 2,644 | 1055 | 0.5815 | |
| 10 | Urshan University | 14700 | 19500 | 0.2461 | 514 | 1040 | 0.8387 | |
| 12 | University of South Florida | 14800 | 17100 | 0.1344 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 13 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15200 | 22600 | 0.3271 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 13 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 15 | University of North Georgia | 15400 | 48000 | 0.6795 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 15400 | 22800 | 0.325 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 17 | Northern Illinois University | 15500 | 30700 | 0.4955 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 18 | Fitchburg State University | 15600 | 30100 | 0.481 | 3,027 | 1150 | 0.8693 | |
| 18 | University of North Texas | 15600 | 25700 | 0.3935 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 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 | |
| 22 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 23 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 16500 | 41600 | 0.604 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 24 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16900 | 31600 | 0.4657 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 25 | University of Northern Colorado | 17500 | 30500 | 0.4262 | 6,480 | 1085 | 0.9363 | |
| 26 | Waynesburg University | 17900 | 45000 | 0.6028 | 1,088 | 1099 | 0.9169 | |
| 27 | Simpson College | 18200 | 59500 | 0.6943 | 1,140 | 1430 | 0.8888 | |
| 28 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 18300 | 45100 | 0.5945 | 767 | 1108 | 0.7277 | |
| 29 | Quincy University | 18400 | 68000 | 0.7289 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 29 | University of Mary | 18400 | 32600 | 0.4347 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 31 | Saint Leo University | 18600 | 50000 | 0.6278 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 32 | California State University-Fullerton | 18800 | 41500 | 0.5479 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 33 | East Tennessee State University | 19100 | 26100 | 0.2677 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 33 | University of Arizona | 19100 | 30900 | 0.3825 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 35 | Carson-Newman University | 19200 | 51900 | 0.6303 | 1,606 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 36 | Lee University | 19300 | 37400 | 0.4843 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 36 | Southwestern Christian University | 19300 | 26800 | 0.2803 | 351 | 930 | 0.8034 | |
| 38 | Texas Southern University | 19800 | 25500 | 0.2239 | 6,619 | 915 | 0.9335 | |
| 39 | Nelson University | 20000 | 53900 | 0.6295 | 1,413 | 1020 | 0.8423 | |
| 40 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 20400 | 51200 | 0.6015 | 6,706 | 965 | 0.92 | |
| 41 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20800 | 71400 | 0.7091 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 42 | Valley City State University | 20900 | 23800 | 0.1211 | 1,651 | 1055 | 0.9907 | |
| 43 | Bethel University | 21200 | 62500 | 0.6602 | 1,107 | 1070 | 0.9868 | |
| 44 | Anna Maria College | 21700 | 54200 | 0.5999 | 995 | 985 | 0.896 | |
| 44 | Kennesaw State University | 21700 | 27200 | 0.2023 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 46 | Calumet College of Saint Joseph | 21800 | 50800 | 0.5712 | 560 | 915 | 0.5728 | |
| 47 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 21900 | 60200 | 0.6362 | 1,778 | 1170 | 0.9519 | |
| 47 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21900 | 24900 | 0.1205 | 5,823 | 1150 | 0.8619 | |
| 49 | University of the Cumberlands | 22000 | 26400 | 0.1663 | 6,091 | 1110 | 0.7139 | |
| 50 | Bethel University | 22200 | 41600 | 0.4664 | 2,719 | 1005 | 0.9717 | |
| 51 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 52 | Upper Iowa University | 22900 | 41700 | 0.4496 | 2,504 | 965 | 0.9338 | |
| 52 | William Woods University | 22900 | 60800 | 0.623 | 1,097 | 1140 | 0.7449 | |
| 54 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 23200 | 58100 | 0.6011 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 55 | Saint Norbert College | 23300 | 63800 | 0.6346 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 56 | Mount Saint Mary College | 23600 | 68400 | 0.6551 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 57 | Hilbert College | 24000 | 63200 | 0.6205 | 939 | 1080 | 0.98 | |
| 58 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 58 | Midland University | 24200 | 74700 | 0.6761 | 1,333 | 1070 | 0.6692 | |
| 58 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.561 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 61 | Fontbonne University | 24300 | 49800 | 0.5123 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
| 62 | Elmira College | 24400 | 69000 | 0.6461 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 63 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 64 | University of Bridgeport | 25700 | 65800 | 0.6095 | 1,479 | 1000 | 0.6431 | |
| 65 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 66 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 67 | North Central University | 26200 | 43900 | 0.4035 | 865 | 1075 | 0.9082 | |
| 67 | Shorter University | 26200 | 36500 | 0.2825 | 1,091 | 1090 | 0.9693 | |
| 69 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4744 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 70 | Wingate University | 26800 | 65000 | 0.5869 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 71 | Emmanuel College | 26900 | 68300 | 0.6064 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 72 | Washburn University | 27000 | 36300 | 0.2559 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 73 | Wayland Baptist University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2683 | 2,087 | 925 | 0.5596 | |
| 74 | University of South Dakota | 27500 | 29600 | 0.0721 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 75 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1432 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 27800 | 45500 | 0.3893 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 77 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 78 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 28500 | 33700 | 0.1526 | 981 | 1140 | 0.7493 | |
| 79 | Meredith College | 28600 | 64200 | 0.5547 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 80 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28800 | 41800 | 0.3103 | 1,817 | 1094 | 0.8078 | |
| 81 | Mercy University | 29000 | 44500 | 0.3485 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 82 | Chestnut Hill College | 29400 | 75900 | 0.6127 | 972 | 995 | 0.7913 | |
| 83 | New England College | 29600 | 65800 | 0.5502 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 83 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3838 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 85 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 86 | Goodwin University | 30000 | 36400 | 0.1759 | 2,911 | 0 | 1 | |
| 87 | Southeastern University | 30100 | 60500 | 0.5022 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 88 | Franklin Pierce University | 30500 | 68300 | 0.5531 | 1,058 | 1045 | 0.9083 | |
| 89 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 90 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4113 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 91 | Grand View University | 31900 | 58100 | 0.45 | 1,483 | 1035 | 0.9843 | |
| 91 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 91 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3623 | 898 | 975 | 0.7614 | |
| 94 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 95 | Anderson University | 33000 | 52500 | 0.3716 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 95 | Nova Southeastern University | 33000 | 56300 | 0.4136 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 95 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 98 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 99 | Columbia International University | 33700 | 44800 | 0.2486 | 721 | 1050 | 0.9461 | |
| 100 | Beacon College | 33800 | 98100 | 0.6553 | 531 | 0 | 0.1677 | |
| 100 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55900 | 0.3956 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 102 | Fisher College | 33900 | 65300 | 0.4806 | 1,384 | 961 | 0.7075 | |
| 102 | George Washington University | 33900 | 81800 | 0.5858 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 104 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 105 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0701 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 106 | Hardin-Simmons University | 35400 | 49700 | 0.2876 | 1,291 | 1110 | 0.862 | |
| 106 | Lander University | 35400 | 37700 | 0.0611 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 106 | Loyola University Chicago | 35400 | 73600 | 0.5191 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 109 | Touro University | 36500 | 42000 | 0.1308 | 5,098 | 1366 | 0.6185 | |
| 109 | Western Washington University | 36500 | 36500 | 0 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 111 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 36900 | 56300 | 0.3446 | 768 | 970 | 0.3988 | |
| 112 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 694 | 995 | 0.6272 | |
| 112 | Goldey-Beacom College | 37200 | 40200 | 0.0742 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 114 | Lesley University | 38100 | 54700 | 0.3036 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 115 | Queens University of Charlotte | 38200 | 68200 | 0.4396 | 1,225 | 1235 | 0.5651 | |
| 116 | Towson University | 38300 | 46400 | 0.1746 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 117 | Montreat College | 38800 | 55000 | 0.2935 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 118 | Elon University | 39400 | 58200 | 0.3229 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 119 | Ohio Christian University | 40200 | 42300 | 0.0504 | 1,340 | 890 | 0.399 | |
| 120 | Spelman College | 40800 | 49200 | 0.1714 | 2,712 | 1218 | 0.2487 | |
| 121 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 43000 | 45200 | 0.0473 | 437 | 1020 | 0.957 | |
| 122 | Lees-McRae College | 44600 | 58700 | 0.2408 | 873 | 1140 | 0.7685 | |
| 123 | City University of Seattle | 46300 | 46300 | 0 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 124 | Mercer University | 48300 | 63700 | 0.2419 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 124 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 126 | University of Oregon | 66800 | 68900 | 0.031 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.