Southeast Technical College
Public Community College in Sioux Falls, SD. Six-year graduation rate 59%. Median 10-year earnings $46,709.
Students who entered Southeast Technical College land at a median of $46,709 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 59% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $12,000, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.26 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 59% finish inside six years. Retention of 70% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a public community college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. 2,478 undergraduates makes this a mid-sized institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,164 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $15,635 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($14,418 versus $20,254), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 68% get grants averaging $3,305, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Borrowing is widespread: 62% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 716 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $14,418 |
| $30–48k | $15,221 |
| $48–75k | $17,079 |
| $75–110k | $19,425 |
| $110k+ | $20,254 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,331 of these 2,164 students, totalling $7,826,323 — an average of $5,880 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Minnehaha County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)