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Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

2023 Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$6,718 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,410 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Undergraduate Certificate 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.

The Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

Check out the mechanic & repair technologies undergraduate certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Undergraduate Certificate School

Our analysis found Lake Area Technical Institute to be the best value school for mechanic & repair technologies students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in South Dakota. Located in the remote town of Watertown, LATI is a public college with a small student population.

LATI undergraduate students pay an average of $6,718 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, LATI is ranked #2 for overall quality for mechanic & repair technologies in South Dakota.

Read full report on Mechanic & Repair Technologies at Lake Area Technical Institute

Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools 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 values are for the top school 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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