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Overview
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital is in a town that is more than 35 miles from an urban area. It is in the Yankton SD area.
Highlights
Largest undergraduate program (5): Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer
Institutional Control
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital is a private not-for-profit organization.
Denomination
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Accreditation
Accreditation provides important oversight over a school's instructional practices and institutional stability.
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital holds an accreditation from one of the national accreditors. Credits earned from the national accreditors are often not accepted by schools holding the more prestigious regional accreditation, and it's important to verify that your credits will transfer if you are considering an eventual switch to another school.
Accreditation History
Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (Accredited June 1, 1949 - present)
- The accreditation was recently renewed on October 19, 2018.
- The next accreditation review was scheduled for February 28, 2017.
Undergraduate Students
Not all students attend their first college full time to completion. While some schools are focused on those that population, many schools focus on transfer and or part time students. What types of of student does this school support.
Programs
2-4 Year Certificate offerings at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer
A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to provide medical imaging services to patients and attending health care professionals. Includes instruction in applied anatomy and physiology, patient positioning, radiographic technique, radiation biology, safety and emergency procedures, equipment operation and maintenance, quality assurance, patient education, and medical imaging/radiologic services management
Note: The name and definition of this program are based on Department of Education CIP code descriptions, which ensures uniform reporting across schools in the US. Please check this school's website for detailed program information and their specific course descriptions._
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Completions in Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer by award level
2-4 Year Certificate
Recently College Scorecard released data on starting salaries and cumulative federal student debt for each school/program combination with sufficient graduates to allow for privacy concerns with data releases. Shown in the box plots below are data for all schools offering allied health diagnostic, intervention, and treatment professions (which may contain several related fields) by award level. If a value is reported for Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, then that is shown in blue.
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What can I do if I study Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer?
Below we list the careers that the US Department of Education suggests are best fits for people who studied radiologic technology/science - radiographer. You can get an idea of salary and the level of education you'll need, as well as whether this is a growing or shrinking career field. Sometimes this list of recommended careers doesn't match what people who earned this degree are really doing. Our radiologic technology/science - radiographer program page has much more information about the interplay between study in this field and possible careers. Select any table row to learn more about listed career.
Occupation
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Costs
Undergraduate costs
Here's a quick summary of costs to attend Avera Sacred Heart Hospital. You will find the most up-to-date information at their website for admissions.
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Historic Annual Costs
See how this school's published costs have changed over the years, and how their cost trends compare with other private schools.
Published costs may have little to do with what you actually pay
It's important to remember that a school's published costs may not be indicative of what it will actually cost to attend. Time magazine wrote about this in their article Yes, you can get a college to cut its tuition price. Nonetheless, this inflation-adjusted look at the historic annual costs for tuition, fees, books, and supplies can give you an idea of the costs you might expect in the coming years. Comparing the total costs inclusive of room and board (if applicable) with the annual net price estimates in the previous tab will help you determine the financial aid package to expect.
Private and public universities' charges are difficult to compare due to the in-state and out-of-state price differences of public universities, and therefore we only compare Avera Sacred Heart Hospital to other private schools within your chosen context group.
Undergraduate tuition, fees, books, and supplies over time
Financial Aid
Financial aid overview
Understanding the rules and process that determine who gets financial aid can be intimidating. Here are some quick links to help:
- Visit Avera Sacred Heart Hospital's Net Price Calculator for the most accurate estimate of your anticipated costs. Every school publishes a Net Price Calculator that does its best to give you a fair estimate of what you might expect to pay. Many calculators consider your high school record as part of the calculation. This will be far more accurate than any of the averages or published tuition values that you see here.
- FederalStudentAid, a government site that will walk you through the federal financial aid process. There are a number of kinds of student loans and other aid, and this site can walk you through all of the choices you will need to make.
Undergraduate Outcomes
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Context and trends: Repayment Rate
How much progress do you think you'll be able to make towards paying down your college loans seven years after leaving school? In our research, we discovered that a surprisingly large number of students don't default on their loans, but also aren't making progress in paying down their principal amount. The percentages here count alumni who have decreased their loan amounts by at least $1.
Context and trends: are the loan default rates as small as possible?
The default rate is the percentage of students who are already delinquent on their loans within three years of leaving the school. If a school has a high default rate, that sends an alarm out that the students' educations are not sufficient to earn enough to repay those loans. Keep in mind that a low default rate may be more important than loan amounts in predicting your future success.
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Classroom Experience
Student attention at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital
Schools are required to report the ratio of students per instructor, but look for a small number of students for every full-time instructor as your best indicator of personal attention and a modern well-integrated curriculum.
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Full-time and long-term instructors at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital
Full-time faculty are mostly likely to be on campus and available for interaction, and to craft up-to-date courses and programs. Avera Sacred Heart Hospital has 100% full-time instructors, and 89% of the context schools have a lower percentage of full-time faculty. Faculty with multi-year contracts provide additional stability and commitment to the school and its students.Within the full-time instructors at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, none have multi-year employment contracts. Of the context schools, only 31% have instructors with multi-year contracts.
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Student Body
Study Types
All students are full-time. No students take distance education courses.
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Context: Student body size
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital enrolled 15 students over the past academic year. The the student body size is smaller than 99% of the context schools.
Undergraduate student gender
Is the gender balance of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital students important to you? You can see the breakdown in this donut chart.
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Undergraduate student race/origin
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital reports that 13% of students are minority, which is near the middle of the context schools. Similarly, this school's 0 of international students is near the middle proportion of international students within the context schools.
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American Indian
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Context: Gender Balance
It is very difficult for many types of schools to achieve a gender balance, and this context is valuable in evaluating the balance at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital.
Context: Percentage of women
With 93% women students, Avera Sacred Heart Hospital has a higher percentage of women than 81% of context schools.
Context: Student race/origin
Here is how Avera Sacred Heart Hospital compares to the rest of the context group in terms of diversity in the student race and origin.
Freshman residences
A high proportion of international and out-of-state students speaks to reputation and offers an opportunity for diverse interactions in and out of class.
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Student age distribution
The age distribution at a school can tell you a lot about its mission. If you're looking for a traditional undergraduate experience, you may prefer to see students who are mostly younger than 25 (lighter shades), but if you want support as a returning student, a large number of students 25 and older (darker shades) may better suit your needs.
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School Finances
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital: What its budget can tell you about classroom quality
Where a school spends and collects its money can suggest a lot about the educational experience it offers. The tabs below offer a look at spending that is important for the quality of your experience if you attend.
Instructional spending
Context and trends: Instructional expenditures per student
Instructional expenses are primarily the salary and benefits paid to the heart of a school: its full-time instructors. High expenditures in this area suggest care in hiring enough highly qualified full-time faculty to provide personal attention and up-to-date subject-area excellence.
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Does incoming revenue consistently cover expenses?
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital is a private not-for-profit school. Along with publicly-controlled schools, not-for-profit schools do not have the goal of annual profit, but they do want to have healthy finances with adequate revenue to meet all expenses. On the other hand, private for-profit schools have creating a profit for shareholders as an annual goal.
Total revenue and expenses by category
We divided revenue and expenses for Avera Sacred Heart Hospital into categories to give some insight to what may have influenced peaks and ditches in the chart above. The purple shades correspond most directly to student education. The blue shades, auxiliary expenses and revenue, are often related to room and board. We show investment gains and losses in apricot.
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