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Medical Assistant Programs
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Medical assistant programs in South Dakota

By accreditation, price and length, compare the 4 schools in South Dakota that train medical assistants.

schools
4
accredited
3
public college, a year
$7,587
graduates in 2023-24
39

Accredited refers to CAAHEP or ABHES. For 2023-24, these numbers show the middle cost among the 4 public colleges that published prices.

Schools for medical assistants in South Dakota

You'll see "Request information" only where CAAHEP or ABHES accredits the school, and it sends your request there; we may be paid for it. You will find links to school websites in the other rows. No school pays to get listed or move higher. We used IPEDS 2023-24 for prices and graduates, plus directories from CAAHEP and ABHES.

Accreditation, prices and graduates: how to read this list
CAAHEP-accredited program
The medical assisting program itself was checked and approved by CAAHEP. Finishing it lets people take the CMA exam and become a Certified Medical Assistant.
ABHES-accredited school
ABHES gives approval to the whole school. Ask the school if its medical assisting program is covered too before you count on the CMA exam.
Not CAAHEP or ABHES
For medical assisting, neither group lists the school; this is not a verdict on the school. A different agency might still accredit the college itself. You need a CAAHEP or ABHES program for the CMA exam, while the RMA, CCMA and NCMA exams allow other paths like work history.
Price
As each school reports them, costs for 2023-24 cover tuition and fees, plus books and supplies if listed, for the whole program or one year of full-time classes (what local students pay at public colleges). If the price is for a year, each award the school lists costs the same.
Graduates
Between July 2023 and June 2024, these students finished their studies. The U.S. Department of Education supplies the price and graduate data through its yearly IPEDS survey.
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Medical assistant schools by city in South Dakota

  • Accredited (CAAHEP or ABHES)
  • Other schools

Mitchell 1 · Rapid City 1 · Sioux Falls 1 · Watertown 1

Lowest public-college price
$6,718 a year at Lake Area Technical College, Watertown (lowest of 4)

Request information from a program in South Dakota

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Schools nearest to South Dakota but outside it

In South Dakota, what tasks can a medical assistant perform?

Certification required
No state credential; national certification needed for nurse-delegated injections and RN-assigned nursing tasks
Injections
A licensed nurse may delegate scheduled intradermal, subcutaneous or intramuscular medications to a nationally certified MA in a stable nursing situation
X-rays
No state permit; operator needs ARRT credentials, another state's license, or 80 documented training hours (ARSD 44:03:01:14.01)
Supervision
RN-assigned tasks: supervising RN readily available in person or electronically; physician supervision rules for MAs Not verified from the cited sources

Source: ARSD 20:48:04.01:10; SDCL 36-9B (repealed 2021). Getting certified in South Dakota

Pay and jobs for medical assistants in South Dakota

Median pay
$41,870 a year ($20.13 an hour)
Middle 80% earn
$35,980 to $48,960
Medical assistant jobs
1,340
Growth 2024-2034
+16.9% (+200 jobs), about 170 openings a year

The May 2025 BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics and Projections Central supply the data. What medical assistants earn in South Dakota

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