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Computer Science at Lake Area Technical Institute

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at Lake Area Technical Institute. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

LATI is located in Watertown, South Dakota and approximately 2,217 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

LATI Computer Science Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Computer Science (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Computer Science

Online Classes Are Available at LATI

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? LATI offers distance education options for computer science at the following degree levels:

LATI Computer Science Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Computer Science Student Demographics at LATI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at Lake Area Technical Institute.

LATI Computer Science Associate’s Program

24% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 76% of computer science associate's degrees went to men and 24% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in computer science only graduates about 23% women each year. The program at LATI may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 1% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in computer science at LATI are white. Around 88% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lake Area Technical Institute with a associate's in computer science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 22
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SD, the home state for Lake Area Technical Institute.

Occupation Jobs in SD Average Salary in SD
Software Applications Developers 1,010 $75,000
Computer Network Support Specialists 750 $48,080
Systems Software Developers 660 $90,430
Computer Programmers 560 $57,060
Web Developers 380 $54,410

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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