Mechanic & Repair Technologies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #11 most popular associate degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to determine which ones were the best for mechanic & repair technologies students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 255 associate degrees in mechanic & repair technologies during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Average Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on mechanic & repair technologies students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other mechanic & repair technologies students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt mechanic & repair technologies 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 mechanic & repair technologies related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for mechanic & repair technologies students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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).
by our College Data Analytics Team