Program Payoff

Trade and allied-health programs in South Dakota

139 programs across 440 offerings at South Dakota colleges, at certificate or associate level.

ProgramSchoolsReporting earningsBest reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations200$32,925
Accounting and Related Services140$36,077
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions120$51,169
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities120$26,353
Health and Medical Administrative Services110$37,478
Criminal Justice and Corrections100$38,289
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations100$26,353
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services80
Design and Applied Arts80
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing80$52,357
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians80$40,821
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services70$37,088
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions70$35,416
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management70$42,682
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants70$37,856
Precision Metal Working70$39,729
Computer and Information Sciences, General60
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers60$49,667
Finance and Financial Management Services60$29,250
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians60$44,170
Agricultural Business and Management50$37,291
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications50$43,798
Construction Trades, Other50
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services50$23,768
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions50$31,314
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians50$30,409
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)50$43,426
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services50$24,773
Marketing50$29,685
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions50
Natural Resources Conservation and Research50
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services50$33,993
Biology, General40
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection40$39,009
Business/Commerce, General40$33,741
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician40$66,915
Culinary Arts and Related Services40$25,194
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians40
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians40$52,107
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies40
Geography and Cartography40$37,568
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General40
Human Resources Management and Services40
Human Services, General40$30,771
Plumbing and Related Water Supply Services40$38,289
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services30$35,880
Communication and Media Studies30
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians30
Computer Software and Media Applications30
Construction Trades, General30
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians30$43,798
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians30
Fine and Studio Arts30
Ground Transportation30$45,852
Hospitality Administration/Management30
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General30
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other30
Political Science and Government30
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies30
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians30$25,967
Agricultural Production Operations20$35,274
Air Transportation20
American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics20
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other20
Biotechnology20
Carpenters20
Computer Programming20
Computer Science20
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other20
Construction Management20
History20
Information Science/Studies20
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies20
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies20
Legal Support Services20$35,060
Library and Archives Assisting20
Mathematics20
Music20
Physical Science Technologies/Technicians20
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication20$55,964
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics20
Sociology20
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods20
Teaching Assistants/Aides20
Agricultural Mechanization10$38,289
Agricultural and Domestic Animal Services10
Agriculture, General10
Animal Sciences10
Anthropology10
Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians10
Area Studies10
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management10
Behavioral Sciences10
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education10
Biological/Biosystems Engineering10
Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians10$50,856
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology10
Community Organization and Advocacy10
Data Processing10
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft10
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics10
Energy Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians10
Energy Systems Technologies/Technicians10$50,856
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General10
Engineering, General10
Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians10
Film/Video and Photographic Arts10
Fire Protection10
Gerontology10
Graphic Communications10$30,119
Health Aides/Attendants/Orderlies10
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities10
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians10
Homeland Security10
Insurance10
Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations10
International/Globalization Studies10
Legal Professions and Studies, Other10
Leisure and Recreational Activities10
Management Information Systems and Services10
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians10
Medical Illustration and Informatics10
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics10
Natural Resources and Conservation, Other10
Outdoor Education10
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration10
Philosophy10
Plant Sciences10
Public Health10
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication10
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions10
Security Science and Technology10
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics10
Social Sciences, General10
Special Education and Teaching10
Statistics10
Sustainability Studies10
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language10
Visual and Performing Arts, General10

"Best reported" is the highest published median earnings two years out among the schools in South Dakota teaching that program. A dash means the U.S. Department of Education publishes no earnings for any of them — which is common, and says nothing about the programs themselves.