WESTERN DAKOTA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE G-3

800 Mickelson Dr.
Rapid City, SD 57703
Tel: (605)394-4034
Free: 800-544-8765
Web Site: http://www.westerndakotatech.org/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, diplomas, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1968. Setting: 5-acre small town campus. Educational spending 2003-04: $3116 per student. Total enrollment: 1,057. 901 applied, 74% were admitted. Full-time: 752 students, 44% women, 56% men. Part-time: 305 students, 66% women, 34% men. Students come from 20 states and territories, 13% from out-of-state, 33% 25 or older, 12% transferred in. Retention: 62% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, independent study, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission except for law enforcement program. Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application. Required: essay, high school transcript. Recommended: minimum 2.0 high school GPA. Required for some: recommendations, interview. Placement: TABE/NET for nursing applicants, HOBET for other medical programs required; ACT recommended. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: 8/1. Notification: continuous until 8/15.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $10. State resident tuition: $2160 full-time, $60 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $2160 full-time, $60 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $1562 full-time, $47.60 per credit hour part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to program.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Social organizations: 2 open to all. Most popular organizations: student council, intercollegiate rodeo. Student services: personal-psychological counseling, women's center. College housing not available. Western Dakota Technical Institute Library with 10,000 books, 40 serials, 170 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. Operations spending 2003-04: $65,466. 140 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.