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2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$7,889 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,492 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree School for You

With 27 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, construction engineering technology is the #84 most popular major in South Dakota.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Construction Engineering Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in South Dakota to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for construction engineering tech 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Colleges.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Construction Engineering

Our analysis found Lake Area Technical Institute to be the best value school for construction engineering technology students who want to pursue a associate degree in South Dakota. LATI is a small public school located in the remote town of Watertown.

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

LATI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Construction Engineering Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list.

Full Construction Engineering Technology at Lake Area Technical Institute Report

#2

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

The excellent associate degree programs at Southeast Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value construction engineering technology schools in South Dakota. Southeast Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Sioux Falls.

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

Southeast Tech also took the #3 spot in our Best Construction Engineering Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Dakota State are $9,299 per year.

South Dakota State also took the #1 spot in our Best Construction Engineering Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota rankings.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at South Dakota State University

Best Value Construction Engineering Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Construction Engineering Technology Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 16
Kansas 71
Nebraska 56
North Dakota 56

Construction Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,906
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,593
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,964
Environmental Control Technology 8,690
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,592

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Pixabay.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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