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Best Value Electronics Engineering Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

2023 Best Value Electronics Engineering Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,121 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,693 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electronics Engineering Technology Associate Degree School for You

With 32 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, electronics engineering technology is the #16 most popular major in South Dakota.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

The Best Value Electronics Engineering Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for ee tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Electronics Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Electronics Engineering Technology Associate Degree Colleges.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Electronics Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Lake Area Technical Institute the best value school in South Dakota for electronics engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Watertown, LATI is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LATI are $6,718 per year. On average, ee tech graduates from LATI take out $14,811 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, LATI is ranked #1 for overall quality for ee tech in South Dakota.

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Out of the 2 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Mitchell Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Mitchell, Mitchell Tech is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mitchell Tech are $7,524 per year. The average amount in student loans that ee tech majors at Mitchell Tech take out while working on their Associate Degree is $13,445.

Mitchell Tech also made our Best Electronics Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #4.

Full Electronics Engineering Technology at Mitchell Technical College Report

Best Value Electronics Engineering Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Electronics Engineering Technology Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 196
Missouri 130
Minnesota 102
Iowa 228
North Dakota 189
Nebraska 65

Electronics Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

EE Tech Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology 6,211
Other Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technologies 1,422
Telecommunications Technology 451
Laser & Optical Technology 182
Audio Engineering Technology 81

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Engineering-Related Fields 6,553

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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