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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$8,606 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,161 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies School for You

In 2020-2021, 248 degrees and certificates were awarded to engineering technologies students who went to a South Dakota college or university. This makes it the #11 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Engineering Technologies Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in South Dakota to see which programs offered the best value experiences for engineering tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Engineering Technologies

$6,718 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Lake Area Technical Institute the best value school in South Dakota for engineering technologies students. LATI is a small public school located in the town of Watertown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at LATI are $6,718 a year. After completing their degree, engineering tech graduates from LATI carry an average student debtload of $12,227.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, LATI is ranked #5 for overall quality for engineering tech in South Dakota.

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#2

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD
$7,650 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in South Dakota list. Southeast Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Sioux Falls.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southeast Tech are $7,650 a year.

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$7,524 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Mitchell Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in South Dakota. Mitchell Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Mitchell.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Mitchell Tech are $7,524 a year. On average, engineering tech graduates from Mitchell Tech take out $11,833 in student loans while working on their degree.

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$9,299 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public school with a large student population.

South Dakota State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,299 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, engineering tech graduates from South Dakota State carry an average student debtload of $25,000.

South Dakota State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Engineering Technologies Schools in South Dakota list.

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$12,110 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Rapid City, SD Mines is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SD Mines are $12,110 per year.

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Western Dakota Technical Institute ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in South Dakota list. Western Dakota Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Rapid City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Dakota Tech are $8,332 per year.

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Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 782
Minnesota 872
Iowa 665
Missouri 1,194
Nebraska 296
North Dakota 358

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

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
Engineering-Related Fields 6,736
Mechanical Engineering Technology 6,013
General Engineering Technology 4,676
Construction Engineering Technology 4,330
Quality Control Technology 3,824
Computer Engineering Technology 3,595
Engineering Technology (Other) 1,768
Architectural Engineering Technology 1,290
Energy Systems Technologies 1,256
Civil Engineering Technology 1,187
Engineering-Related Technologies 989
Mining & Petroleum Technology 445
Nuclear Engineering Technology 220
Nanotechnology 114

Majors Similar to Engineering Tech

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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 KUKA Systems GmbH.

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