2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Autobody/Collision & Repair Technology/Technician in South Dakota

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician Major in South Dakota for an Associate” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 4,487 people earned their degree in autobody/collision and repair technology/technician, making the major the 557th most popular in the United States.

Across South Dakota, there were 35 autobody/collision and repair technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 23 autobody/collision and repair technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,091 and $23,788 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician Major in South Dakota for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in autobody/collision and repair technology/technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular autobody/collision and repair technology/technician programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician Major in South Dakota for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician Major in South Dakota for an Associate”.

Top 2 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Autobody/Collision & Repair Technology/Technician in South Dakota

1

Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#9 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician Major in South Dakota for an Associate list. Sioux Falls, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s autobody/collision and repair technology/technician degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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 Southeast Tech Autobody/Collision & Repair Technology/Technician Report

2

Lake Area Technical Institute
Watertown, South Dakota

#4 overall quality in South Dakota

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician 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. LATI is a small public school situated in Watertown, South Dakota. It awarded 8 associates’s autobody/collision and repair technology/technician degrees in 2020-2021.

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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.

Credits

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