Which Southeast Technical College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Criminal Justice and Vehicle Maintenance and Repair graduates leave with a median of $12,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 10 Southeast Technical College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Southeast Technical College cost?

Tuition and fees are $7,650 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $17,400 a year.

How many Southeast Technical College programs report graduate pay?

10 associate's programs and 2 certificate programs at Southeast Technical College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Southeast Technical College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Sioux Falls, SD
2,310 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

10 Southeast Technical College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Diagnostic and Treatment Professions pays the most in the first year ($73,361), and Business the least ($37,383). The median program pays $46,611. Southeast Technical College also has 2 certificate programs that report pay.

Tuition and fees$7,650Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$17,400Per year

Graduation rate59%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 10 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in South Dakota" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across South Dakota. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in South Dakota
1	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 61 graduates a year	$73,361	Not reported	$23,500	1st of 4
2	NursingAbout 49 graduates a year	$62,601	Not reported	$28,239	3rd of 3
3	Computer ProgrammingAbout 14 graduates a year	$53,874	Not reported	$14,827	1st of 1
4	Criminal JusticeAbout 16 graduates a year	$49,560	$49,537	$12,000	1st of 3
5	Computer NetworkingGraduates a year not reported	$46,959	$60,459	$19,725	1st of 2
6	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 50 graduates a year	$46,262	$54,505	$12,000	2nd of 4
7	AccountingAbout 22 graduates a year	$44,850	Not reported	$23,746	1st of 3
8	Information TechnologyAbout 50 graduates a year	$42,439	Not reported	$17,756	1st of 2
9	MarketingAbout 25 graduates a year	$39,617	$44,473	$16,500	1st of 2
10	BusinessAbout 60 graduates a year	$37,383	$44,994	$20,875	1st of 1

Both certificate programs

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in South Dakota" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across South Dakota.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in South Dakota
Other Computer SciencesAbout 62 graduates a year	$48,494	$67,993	$15,095	1st of 1
Practical NursingAbout 110 graduates a year	$38,446	$52,722	$17,038	3rd of 5

Program names link to the program's own page, and South Dakota ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five South Dakota programs in the field do too.

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$73,361
Nursing$62,601
Computer Programming$53,874
Criminal Justice$49,560
Computer Networking$46,959

Lowest median debt

Criminal Justice$12,000
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$12,000
Computer Programming$14,827
Marketing$16,500
Information Technology$17,756

Largest programs

Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 61 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 60 graduates a year
Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 50 graduates a year
Information TechnologyAbout 50 graduates a year
NursingAbout 49 graduates a year

Common questions

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions graduates earn a median of $73,361 in their first year, the most of 10 Southeast Technical College associate's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of South Dakota rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels