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Most Popular Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in South Dakota

2023 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in South Dakota

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Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate 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 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade 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 3 schools in South Dakota to see which ones were the most popular basic certificate programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Engineering Technologies program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for engineering tech majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Our analysis found Western Dakota Technical Institute to be the most popular school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a basic certificate in South Dakota. Located in the rural area of Rapid City, Western Dakota Tech is a public college with a small student population.

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Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

The in-demand basic certificate programs at Southeast Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular engineering technologies schools in South Dakota. Located in the rural area of Sioux Falls, Southeast Tech is a public college with a small student population.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at South Dakota State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular engineering technologies schools in South Dakota. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Brookings.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Colleges 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

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 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 KUKA Systems GmbH.

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