South Dakota Community Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate

Lake Area Technical College has the highest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 70% last year.

Mitchell Technical College with 70% and Southeast Technical College with 58% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of South Dakota Community Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 500 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $7,475 and graduate tuition & fees is - for the academic year 2023-2024.

Table. South Dakota Community Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
	School Name	Graduation Rate	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Total Population	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 1	Lake Area Technical College Watertown, SDPublic, 2-4 year	70.00% 3.73%	$6,718 ($6,718)	-	-	-	2,238	17 to 1
1 -	Mitchell Technical College Mitchell, SDPublic, 2-4 year	70.00% 4.57%	$7,524 ($7,524)	-	-	-	1,203	13 to 1
3 -	Southeast Technical College Sioux Falls, SDPublic, 2-4 year	58.00% 3.32%	$7,650 ($7,650)	-	-	-	2,453	11 to 1
4 -	Western Dakota Technical College Rapid City, SDPublic, 2-4 year	52.00% 0.23%	$8,008 ($8,008)	-	-	-	1,267	9 to 1
	Average	62.50%	$7,475 ($7,475)	-	-	-	1,790	13 to 1

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