unitid 219480 · Rapid City, SD · public 2-year · city (small)
Western Dakota Technical College
- enrollment 2023
- 1,831
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
753
20th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
33%
undergrads on Pell grants
61st pctl among public 2-years
completion
54%
finish within 150% time
84th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$18,845
84th pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$12,670
after aid, aided students
86th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$40,240
after entry, Title IV students
62nd pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$15,000
93rd 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 $10,071 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
- 0-30k34%
- 30-48k20%
- 48-75k19%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $25,793
- First-generation students
- 38%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,294
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.7× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 56 | $45,734 | $20,500 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 31 | — | — |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians. | 27 | $57,387 | $15,125 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions. | 24 | $31,763 | $11,000 |
| Precision Metal Working. | 23 | $46,336 | $12,000 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 21 | — | — |
| Precision Metal Working. | 20 | $40,835 | $9,125 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 18 | $63,185 | $18,081 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 17 | $49,288 | $17,999 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 17 | — | — |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions. | 13 | — | $24,994 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 13 | $41,947 | — |
— 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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- net
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.