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College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Lake Area Technical College was awarded 173 badges in the 2026 rankings.
College Factual ranked LATC/Lake Area Tech as #684 out of 5,192 colleges and universities in the country on its 2026 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation.
Within the state, LATC/Lake Area Tech holds the #6 spot on the Best Colleges in South Dakota ranking.
See all of the rankings for Lake Area Technical College.
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor’s degree from LATC/Lake Area Tech make about $40,397 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is in the same neighborhood as the average college graduate’s salary of $40,669 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.