… State ranked among top 50 best value DNP programs Citing the impact South Dakota State University’s College of Nursing made on the state’s health-care system as one of its factors, ValueColleges listed the … than a third of South Dakota’s nurses and offering the only master’s and doctoral nursing degrees in the state. South Dakota’s health-care system depends on SDSU, especially rural communities, a field in which the College of Nursing especially shines,” Carrie Sealey-Morris, ValueColleges’ editor, said. “Significantly, SDSU’s tuition rates are among the lowest in …