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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree School for You
In 2021-2022, engineering technologies students earned 231 degrees and certificates from a South Dakota school, making the subject the 4th in the state.
Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.
The Best Value Engineering Technologies 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. This report analyzed 5 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for engineering tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering tech majors pursuing a associate degree.
Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Engineering Technologies
Our analysis found Lake Area Technical Institute to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a associate degree in South Dakota. Located in the remote town of Watertown, LATI is a public school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LATI are $6,718 per year.
LATI also took the #1 spot in our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota rankings.
Out of the 5 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Sioux Falls, Southeast Tech is a public school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southeast Tech are $7,650 per year.
Southeast Tech also made our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #2.
Out of the 5 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Mitchell Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Mitchell, Mitchell Tech is a public school 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 also made our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #4.
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The excellent associate degree programs at South Dakota State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in South Dakota. South Dakota State is a 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.
South Dakota State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Dakota Technical Institute. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the rural area of Rapid City, Western Dakota Tech is a public school with a small student population.
Western Dakota Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $8,333 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Western Dakota Technical Institute
Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Plains States Region
Explore all the Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
---|---|
Kansas | 1,256 |
Minnesota | 1,288 |
Iowa | 942 |
North Dakota | 443 |
Missouri | 1,641 |
Nebraska | 423 |
Majors Related to Engineering Tech
Engineering Tech Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
---|---|
Industrial Production Technology | 11,288 |
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 |
Mechanical Engineering Technology | 6,205 |
Construction Engineering Technology | 4,299 |
General Engineering Technology | 3,841 |
Quality Control Technology | 3,720 |
Computer Engineering Technology | 3,509 |
Engineering Technology (Other) | 1,907 |
Energy Systems Technologies | 1,277 |
Architectural Engineering Technology | 1,239 |
Civil Engineering Technology | 1,155 |
Engineering-Related Technologies | 969 |
Mining & Petroleum Technology | 410 |
Nuclear Engineering Technology | 235 |
Nanotechnology | 104 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 5 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 KUKA Systems GmbH.
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