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Best Value Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

2023 Best Value Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$7,847 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,567 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree School for You

With 36 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, industrial production technology is the #15 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

The Best Value Industrial Production Technology 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 3 schools in South Dakota to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for industrial production 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 Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Colleges.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Industrial Production Technology

Our analysis found Lake Area Technical Institute to be the best value school for industrial production technology students who want to pursue a associate degree in South Dakota. Located in the remote 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.

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 industrial production tech in South Dakota.

Full Industrial Production Technology at Lake Area Technical Institute Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mitchell Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the rural area of Mitchell, Mitchell Tech is a public college with a small student population.

Mitchell Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $7,524 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Mitchell Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means South Dakota State University is a great value for industrial production technology students working on their associate degree. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school located in the town of Brookings.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Dakota State are $9,299 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, South Dakota State is ranked #3 for overall quality for industrial production tech in South Dakota.

Full Industrial Production Technology at South Dakota State University Report

Best Value Industrial Production Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Industrial Production Technology Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 187
Missouri 459
Minnesota 158
Iowa 62
North Dakota 92
Nebraska 32

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, industrial production technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Industrial Production Tech Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Manufacturing Engineering Technology 4,587
Industrial Technology 4,134
Other Industrial Production Technologies 1,752
Welding Engineering Technology 328
Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology 290
Composite Materials Technology 106
Metallurgical Technology 45
Chemical Engineering Technology 43
Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology 3

Majors Similar to Industrial Production Tech

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347
Engineering-Related Fields 6,553

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to ICAPlants.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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