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Lake Area Technical College
Watertown, SD · Public · 1,812 students · mostly associate degrees
9th-cheapest of 21 South Dakota colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$15,979
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$19,637
Graduation rate
73%
Admission rate
—
Median graduate earnings
$45,473
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$12,000
Pell grant recipients
27%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
37 programsConstruction Engineering Technology/Technician · Associate's Degree23 grads/yr$72,225Instrumentation Technology/Technician · Associate's Degree27 grads/yr$69,953Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician · Associate's Degree133 grads/yr$60,763Computer Science · Associate's Degree31 grads/yr$60,752Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants, Other · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma90 grads/yr$56,633Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Associate's Degree14 grads/yr$52,822Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions, Other · Associate's Degree7 grads/yr$51,402Machine Tool Technology/Machinist · Associate's Degree27 grads/yr$51,201Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma25 grads/yr$50,334Machine Tool Technology/Machinist · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma48 grads/yr$49,693Farm/Farm and Ranch Management · Associate's Degree104 grads/yr$48,305Carpet, Floor, and Tile Worker · Associate's Degree20 grads/yr$47,946Finance, General · Associate's Degree27 grads/yr$47,420Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Associate's Degree62 grads/yr$43,632Radiologist Assistant · Associate's Degree40 grads/yr$43,574Dental Assisting/Assistant · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma20 grads/yr$38,313Human Services, General · Associate's Degree20 grads/yr$37,135Cosmetology/Cosmetologist, General · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma28 grads/yr$35,222Human Services, General · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma19 grads/yr$34,188
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.