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Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for business students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
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When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Business Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota
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Our rankings named Lake Area Technical Institute the best value school in South Dakota for business students working on their associate degree. Watertown, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associate degrees to 190 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LATI are $6,718 per year. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $16,724 in student loans.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since LATI does offer online classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 44% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
LATI also took the #1 spot in our rankings.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southeast Technical College is a great place for business students working on their associate degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. Located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the small public school handed out 174 associate degree awards in 2020-2021.
Southeast Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $7,650 in tuition and fees each year. Associate Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $20,480 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at Southeast Tech. During the 2019-2020 year, about 45% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Southeast Tech also made our list, coming in at #2.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mitchell Technical College. It ranked #3 on our list. Mitchell Tech is located in Mitchell, South Dakota and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 associate degrees to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mitchell Tech are $7,524 per year. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $15,633 in student loans.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Mitchell Tech does offer online classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 27% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Mitchell Tech also made our list, coming in at #3.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s list. NSU is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 associate degrees to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NSU are $11,947 per year.
One thing to take note of is that NSU does offer online classes in some areas. In fact, around 66% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
NSU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our list.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Western Dakota Technical Institute is a great place for business students working on their associate degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. Western Dakota Tech is located in Rapid City, South Dakota and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 28 associate degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Western Dakota Tech are $8,332 a year. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $20,643 in student loans.
Some students may be able to take online classes at Western Dakota Tech. In 2019-2020 about 43% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Western Dakota Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our list.
Black Hills State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for business students to get an associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. This small public school is located in Spearfish, South Dakota, and it awarded 13 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BHSU are $12,018 per year. Associate Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $18,078 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
BHSU does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 63% took at least some of their classes online.
National American University - Rapid City ranked #7 on this year’s list. This small private for-profit school is located in Rapid City, South Dakota, and it awarded 41 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
National American University - Rapid City undergraduate students pay an average of $15,660 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $33,608 in student loans.
Since National American University - Rapid City is primarily an online school, it is an excellent choice for undergraduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.
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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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