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South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota · Public university

Phlebotomy classes

not reportedcompletion rate · South Dakota avg 74%

$23,250median debt of graduates

$49,564median earnings, 6 yrs after entry

$55,070median earnings, 10 yrs after entry

not reportedannual cost of attendance

Yesfederal aid (FAFSA / Pell) eligible

Accreditation: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and D | Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education | Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education | Higher Learning Commission | National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (Accredited)
Address: 1004 Campanile Ave, Brookings, SD 57007 · Phone: (800) 952-3541 · School website ↗ · Verify on College Scorecard ↗

Accountability record (federal accreditation database, last 36 months; Department of Education oversight)
No accreditor sanctions in the last 36 months

Sanctions are probation, warning, show-cause and loss-of-accreditation actions by any recognized accreditor, including program-specific accreditors (a nursing-program probation counts for the campus). Routine monitoring reviews and voluntary withdrawals are not counted. Ask the school what the action concerned and how it was resolved.

What these trades pay once you're working

Occupation	Starting (10th pct)	Median	Experienced (75th)
Phlebotomists	$31,360	$39,560	$43,100

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wages for everyone employed in the occupation in South Dakota (May 2025; national where the state figure is not published). The program table below shows what this campus's own graduates earned in their first year, whatever job they took.

Trade programs at this campus

Program	Credential	Grads / yr	Earnings, yr 1	Earnings, yr 2	Median debt
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions	Certificate, 300–899 hours	3	not reported	not reported	not reported

Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.

Graduates per year from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey. Earnings and debt are College Scorecard field-of-study medians for graduates of this program at this campus (reported at the 4-digit program level, so closely related programs share a figure); "not reported" means too few graduates were counted to publish a figure.

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Data: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026. Figures are the U.S. Department of Education's official measures, not Career Training Path's opinion. Tuition, schedules and program availability change — confirm with the school before enrolling.