by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in South Dakota for an Associate” ranking.
Engineering Technologies is the 20th most popular major in the country with 85,188 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $52,350 and had an average of $21,560 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Dakota, there were 253 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,161 and $15,223 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 202 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,091 and $23,788 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in South Dakota for an Associate” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in engineering technologies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular engineering technologies programs in the United States.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in South Dakota for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in South Dakota for an Associate”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in South Dakota for an Associate. This small school is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and it awarded 71 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in South Dakota for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Lake Area Technical Institute landed the #2 spot on the list. Watertown, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 57 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mitchell Technical College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in South Dakota for an Associate. Mitchell Tech is a small public school situated in Mitchell, South Dakota. It awarded 46 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in South Dakota for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Dakota Technical Institute landed the #4 spot on the list. Western Dakota Technical Institute is located in Rapid City, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 associates’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in South Dakota for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #5 spot on the list. South Dakota State University is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Sisseton Wahpeton College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in South Dakota for an Associate ranking. Located in Sisseton, South Dakota, this small public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #7, Sinte Gleska University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in South Dakota for an Associate list. Mission, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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Black Hills State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in South Dakota for an Associate ranking, coming in at #7. Black Hills State University is a small public school situated in Spearfish, South Dakota. It awarded 1 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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