by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Mitchell Technical College was awarded 147 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is electrician.
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Mitchell Tech is ranked #657 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Mitchell Tech held the #793 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 13 colleges in South Dakota, Mitchell Tech is ranked at #7.
If you are worried about getting into Mitchell Technical College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Mitchell Technical College, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Mitchell Technical College is 89%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 78% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Mitchell Technical College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,162 undergraduates at Mitchell Tech with 855 being full-time and 307 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,102 | $9,821 | $12,798 | $14,117 | $14,144 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Mitchell Tech, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Mitchell Tech, approximately 44% of students took out student loans averaging $5,801 a year. That adds up to $23,204 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Mitchell Tech is 5.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Mitchell Tech are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1800 E. Spruce Street, Mitchell, SD 57301 |
| Phone: | 605-995-3025 |
| Website: | https://www.mitchelltech.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 396 students took at least one online class at Mitchell Technical College. This is an increase from the 312 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 396 | 211 |
| 2019-2020 | 312 | 220 |
| 2018-2019 | 266 | 180 |
| 2017-2018 | 323 | 242 |
| 2016-2017 | 316 | 219 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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