2023 Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Construction Engineering Tech
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Construction Engineering Tech” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Construction Engineering Technology is the 147th most popular major in the country with 4,330 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, construction engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $62,452 and had an average of $22,347 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Dakota, there were 27 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,261 and $25,000 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Construction Engineering Tech” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in construction engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction engineering technology programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the construction engineering technology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Construction Engineering Tech
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Construction Engineering Tech”.
Top 2 Best Construction Engineering Technology Colleges for Veterans in South Dakota
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Area Technical Institute. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Construction Engineering Tech list. Watertown, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s construction engineering tech degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
LATI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Of the 2,217 students enrolled at LATI, 136 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 40 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,486. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Lake Area Technical Institute]](/colleges/lake-area-technical-institute/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Construction Engineering Tech that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Southeast Tech is a small school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that handed out 12 ’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Southeast Tech also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Our most recent data shows that 193 of the 2,330 students enrolled at Southeast Technical College were GI Bill® students, of which 86 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,618. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Southeast Technical College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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