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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,184 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,788 Avg Salary

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

#2

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

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
Kansas 1,023
Minnesota 1,422
Iowa 961
North Dakota 171
Missouri 1,051
Nebraska 997

Mechanic & Repair Technologies Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
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

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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