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2023 Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.
The Most Popular Online Associate Degree 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 5 schools in South Dakota to see which ones had the most popular online associate degree programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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Most Popular Online Trade School Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota
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Our 2023 rankings named National American University - Rapid City the most popular school in South Dakota for trade school students working on their associate degree. This small private for-profit school is located in Rapid City, South Dakota, and it awarded 54 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
National American University - Rapid City does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $16,065. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. Associate Degree recipients from National American University - Rapid City accumulate an average of $25,178 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 76% of those degree recipients were women.
National American University - Rapid City is primarily an online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
The excellent associate degree programs at Southeast Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in South Dakota. Southeast Technical College is a small public school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that handed out 522 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
Southeast Tech does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $7,650. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. On average, associate degree students take out $16,094 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 51% were women.
Around 43% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mitchell Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota list. Mitchell, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associate degrees to 303 students in 2021-2022.
Mitchell Tech does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $7,524. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. On average, associate degree students take out $13,352 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 35% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 33% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent associate degree programs at Dakota State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in South Dakota. Dakota State University is a small public school located in Madison, South Dakota that handed out 56 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
In-state students pay an average of $9,633 in tuition and fees if they attend Dakota State full time. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $12,735. Associate Degree recipients from Dakota State accumulate an average of $19,695 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 30% of those degree recipients were women.
In 2020-2021 about 72% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Presentation College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota list. Presentation College is a very small private not-for-profit school located in Aberdeen, South Dakota that handed out 14 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
If you want to attend Presentation College, expect to pay an average of $22,765 in tuition and fees. Of course, this could be reduced if you receive financial aid. Of those students who received their degree, 21% were women.
Around 69% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.