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2023 Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$7,184 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,467 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies School for You

Mechanic & Repair Technologies is the #13 most popular major in South Dakota with 214 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to see which programs offered the best value experiences for mechanic and repair technologies 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 Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools in South Dakota

Check out the mechanic and repair technologies programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Mechanic & Repair Technologies

Our analysis found Lake Area Technical Institute to be the best value school for mechanic and repair technologies students who want to pursue a degree in South Dakota. 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. On average, mechanic and repair technologies graduates from LATI take out $12,000 in student loans while working on their degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $115, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

LATI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools in South Dakota list.

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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 Mechanic & Repair 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. The average amount in student loans that mechanic and repair technologies majors at Southeast Tech take out is $12,000.

Read full report on Mechanic & Repair Technologies at Southeast Technical College

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 261
Minnesota 427
Iowa 395
Missouri 472
Nebraska 359
North Dakota 101

Mechanic & Repair Technologies Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 56,539
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration 19,594
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance 8,717
Electronics Maintenance & Repair 7,770
Precision Systems Maintenance 1,932
Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) 1,267
Mechanics & Repairers 391
Energy Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies. 126

Related Major Annual Graduates
Personal & Culinary Services 130,328
Precision Production 52,913
Construction Trades 35,794
Transportation & Materials Moving 29,084

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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