2022 Best Value Colleges for Welding Technology/Welder (Income Over $110k) 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 “Best Vallue Wielding Schools in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Welding Technology/Welder is the 194th most popular major in the country with 40,882 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across South Dakota, there were 114 welding technology/welder graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Wielding Schools in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in welding technology/welder. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent welding technology/welder programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the welding technology/welder program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Wielding Schools in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Wielding Schools in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Welding Technology/Welder (Income Over $110k) in South Dakota

#1

Lake Area Technical Institute

Watertown, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$12,939 Average Net Price

$31,144 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Area Technical Institute. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Wielding Schools in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k list. This small school is located in Watertown, South Dakota, and it awarded 50 ’s wielding degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our south dakota wielding students whose families make more than $110k list, LATI has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Welding Technology/Welder Schools in South Dakota” ranking. It costs about $12,939 for south dakota wielding students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Lake Area Technical Institute.

Full Lake Area Technical Institute Welding Technology/Welder Report

#2

Western Dakota Technical Institute

Rapid City, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$14,388 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Wielding Schools in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Dakota Technical Institute landed the #2 spot on the list. Rapid City, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s wielding degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

Western Dakota Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best Welding Technology/Welder Schools in South Dakota” ranking. It costs about $14,388 for South Dakota Wielding students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Western Dakota Technical Institute.

Read full report on Welding Technology/Welder at Western Dakota Tech

• Best Value Colleges for Welding Technology/Welder (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Colleges for Welding Technology/Welder (Income Over $110k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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