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2023 Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$7,567 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,067 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree School for You

Vehicle Maintenance & Repair is the #14 most popular major in South Dakota with 178 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for vehicle repair students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Colleges.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Vehicle Maintenance & Repair

Our 2023 rankings named Lake Area Technical Institute the best value school in South Dakota for vehicle maintenance and repair students working on their associate degree. Located in the 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. The average amount in student loans that vehicle repair majors at LATI take out while working on their Associate Degree is $12,563. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $115.

LATI not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list.

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#2

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southeast Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the rural area of Sioux Falls, Southeast Tech is a public college with a small student population.

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 vehicle repair majors at Southeast Tech take out while working on their Associate Degree is $13,370.

Southeast Tech not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list.

Full Vehicle Maintenance & Repair at Southeast Technical College Report

The excellent associate degree programs at Western Dakota Technical Institute helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value vehicle maintenance and repair schools in South Dakota. Located in the rural area of Rapid City, Western Dakota Tech is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Western Dakota Tech are $8,332 a year.

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Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 215
Minnesota 278
Kansas 166
Iowa 278
Nebraska 275
North Dakota 79

Vehicle Maintenance & Repair is one of 7 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
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

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 Airman 1st Class Nigel Sandridge.

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