unitid 219143 · Watertown, SD · public 2-year · town (remote)
Lake Area Technical College
- enrollment 2023
- 2,655
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
1,812
45th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
27%
undergrads on Pell grants
41st pctl among public 2-years
completion
73%
finish within 150% time
95th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$19,637
88th pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$15,979
after aid, aided students
97th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$45,473
after entry, Title IV students
88th pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$12,000
78th pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $11,193 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k21%
- 30-48k15%
- 48-75k24%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $50,805
- First-generation students
- 29%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $6,718
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.8× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians. | 133 | $54,641 | $12,000 |
| Agricultural Business and Management. | 104 | $47,845 | $12,000 |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 90 | $49,276 | $17,600 |
| Marketing. | 62 | $39,495 | $14,250 |
| Precision Metal Working. | 48 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 46 | — | $26,212 |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 40 | $44,181 | $14,510 |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. | 35 | — | — |
| Computer Science. | 31 | — | $12,458 |
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services. | 28 | $25,629 | $12,000 |
| Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians. | 27 | — | $13,125 |
| Precision Metal Working. | 27 | $52,342 | $11,001 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.