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2023 Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$10,981 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,972 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, information technology students earned 190 degrees and certificates from a South Dakota school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

With all the computer science programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Computer Science Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for IT students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Colleges.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Information Technology

#1

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

Our 2023 rankings named Southeast Technical College the best value school in South Dakota for information technology students working on their associate degree. Southeast Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Sioux Falls.

Southeast Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $7,650 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Southeast Tech also took the #2 spot in our Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota rankings.

Read full report on Information Technology at Southeast Technical College

#2

Dakota State University

Madison, SD

The excellent associate degree programs at Dakota State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in South Dakota. Dakota State is a small public school located in the town of Madison.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Dakota State are $9,633 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, IT majors at Dakota State accumulate an average of around $23,469 in student debt.

Dakota State also took the #3 spot in our Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota rankings.

Full Information Technology at Dakota State University Report

Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Technology Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 147
Minnesota 843
Missouri 266
Iowa 182
North Dakota 37
Nebraska 398

One of 10 majors within the computer science area of study, information technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

IT Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Computer & IS Security 22,829
Network & System Administration/Administrator 5,501
Information Technology Management 4,009
Computer Support Specialist 3,176
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager 2,077
Information Technology Project Management 2,076
Web/Multimedia Management & Webmaster 887

Majors Similar to IT

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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