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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.
2023 Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota
Check out the mechanic & repair technologies associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Mechanic & Repair Technologies
Our 2023 rankings named Lake Area Technical Institute the best value school in South Dakota for mechanic & repair technologies students working on their associate degree. Located in the remote town of Watertown, LATI is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at LATI are $6,718 a year.
LATI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota list.
Full Mechanic & Repair Technologies at Lake Area Technical Institute Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southeast Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the rural area of Sioux Falls, Southeast Tech is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southeast Tech are $7,650 a year.
Southeast Tech also made our Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #2.
Full Mechanic & Repair Technologies at Southeast Technical College Report
Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Colleges in the Plains States Region
Explore all the Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Kansas | 1,023 |
Minnesota | 1,422 |
Iowa | 961 |
North Dakota | 171 |
Missouri | 1,051 |
Nebraska | 997 |
Majors Related to Mechanic & Repair Technologies
Mechanic & Repair Technologies Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 63,451 |
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration | 21,891 |
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance | 8,446 |
Electronics Maintenance & Repair | 8,127 |
Precision Systems Maintenance | 2,185 |
Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) | 1,184 |
Mechanics & Repairers | 347 |
Energy Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies. | 110 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
---|---|
Personal & Culinary Services | 149,352 |
Precision Production | 55,411 |
Construction Trades | 40,802 |
Transportation & Materials Moving | 33,306 |
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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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