2025 Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

Ranked #20 in popularity, information technology is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 95 associate degrees in information technology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Information Technology School for Your Associate Degree

The it associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality it program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on information technology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other information technology students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt information technology students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized information technology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for information technology students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Information Technology Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Information Technology in South Dakota

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in information technology.

Top South Dakota Schools for an Associate in IT

1

Dakota State University
Madison, SD

22 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Dakota State University if you wish to pursue an associate degree in information technology. Located in the distant town of Madison, Dakota State is a public university with a small student population.More information about a associate in information technology from Dakota State University

2

Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls, SD

50 Annual Graduates

$42,439 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in information technology has to check out Southeast Technical College. Southeast Tech is a small public college located in the city of Sioux Falls.

Those information technology students who get their associate degree from Southeast Technical College earn $6,166 more than the standard it graduate.

More information about a associate in information technology from Southeast Technical College

3

Mitchell Technical College
Mitchell, SD

14 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Mitchell Technical College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in information technology. Mitchell Tech is a small public college located in the town of Mitchell.More information about a associate in information technology from Mitchell Technical College

Best Information Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	151	245
Kansas	146	59
Missouri	117	6
Iowa	116	110
North Dakota	92	10

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Rankings in Majors Related to IT

Information Technology is one of 10 different types of Computer & Information Sciences programs to choose from.

IT Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Network & System Administration/Administrator	40
Computer & IS Security	24
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager	22
Computer Support Specialist	9

Most Popular Majors Related to IT

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Science	31
Computer Programming	14
Computer Systems Networking	12
Computer Software & Applications	7
Information Science	6
Computer Information Systems	4

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.