2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology in South Dakota

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in South Dakota” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 4,812 people earned their degree in manufacturing engineering technology, making the major the 271st most popular in the United States.

Across South Dakota, there were 12 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 12 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,091 and $23,788 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in South Dakota” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in manufacturing engineering technology. That schools that top this list have a program in manufacturing engineering technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in South Dakota”.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology in South Dakota

1

Lake Area Technical Institute
Watertown, South Dakota

#4 overall quality in South Dakota

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Lake Area Technical Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. Lake Area Technical Institute is a small school located in Watertown, South Dakota that handed out 10 associates’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full LATI Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

2

Mitchell Technical College
Mitchell, South Dakota

#7 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mitchell Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in South Dakota list. Mitchell Technical College is a small school located in Mitchell, South Dakota that handed out 1 associates’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

#1 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in South Dakota. South Dakota State is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 1 associates’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

Full South Dakota State University Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

4

Black Hills State University
Spearfish, South Dakota

#12 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Black Hills State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in South Dakota list. Black Hills State University is located in Spearfish, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s manufacturing tech degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Black Hills State University

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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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• 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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