2023 Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Associate Degree School for You

In 2021-2022, mechanic & repair technologies students earned 246 degrees and certificates from a South Dakota school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for mechanic & repair technologies students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Mechanic & Repair Technologies

#1

Lake Area Technical Institute

Watertown, SD

109 Associate Degrees

#1 in Quality in South Dakota

$6,718 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Lake Area Technical Institute to be the best value school for mechanic & repair technologies students who want to pursue a associate degree in South Dakota. 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.

LATI also made our Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #1.

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#2

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

51 Associate Degrees

#2 in Quality in South Dakota

$7,650 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southeast Technical College is a great value for mechanic & repair technologies students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Sioux Falls, Southeast Tech is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southeast Tech are $7,650 per year.

Southeast Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota list.

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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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Alfred Palmer.

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