2023 Most Focused Colleges for Autobody/Collision & Repair Technology/Technician in South Dakota

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician Major in South Dakota” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Autobody/Collision & Repair Technology/Technician is the 557th most popular major in the country with 4,487 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across South Dakota, there were 35 autobody/collision and repair technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician Major in South Dakota” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in autobody/collision and repair technology/technician. That schools that top this list have a program in autobody/collision and repair technology/technician in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools Highly Focused on Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician Major in South Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota autobody/collision and repair technology/technician students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Autobody/Collision & Repair Technology/Technician in South Dakota

1

Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#9 overall quality in South Dakota

$39,912 Average Early-Career Earnings

$20,838 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Southeast Technical College is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 ’s autobody/collision and repair technology/technician degrees to qualified students.

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%.

Read full report on Autobody/Collision & Repair Technology/Technician at Southeast Technical College

2

Lake Area Technical Institute
Watertown, South Dakota

#4 overall quality in South Dakota

$36,525 Average Early-Career Earnings

$12,964 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Lake Area Technical Institute landed the #2 spot on the list. LATI is a small public school situated in Watertown, South Dakota. It awarded 20 ’s autobody/collision and repair technology/technician degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Autobody/Collision & Repair Technology/Technician at Lake Area Technical Institute

• Most Focused Colleges for Autobody/Collision & Repair Technology/Technician in the Plains States Region
• Most Focused Colleges for Autobody/Collision & Repair Technology/Technician

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.

Credits

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