Watertown, South Dakota · Public
Agricultural Business and Management at Lake Area Technical College
Read the reported program-share signal, school-wide price, and outcome proxy before comparing peer schools in this field. The enrollment proxy is about 190 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
Program snapshot
10.5% reported share makes this a large program signal in federal data.
This major
- Program signal
- 10.5%
- Enrollment proxy
- ~190
- Schools with reported signal
- 221
Admissions
- Acceptance rate (school)
- Open / not reported
- Graduation rate
- 73.1%
Cost
- Avg net price (school)
- $15,979/yr
- 4-year cost (est.)
- $63,916
- Median debt
- $12,000
Outcomes
- Median earnings 10y
- $45,473/yr
- ROI grade (school)
- C
College Scorecard reports school-wide earnings and price, not per-major outcomes for individual colleges. Program share is a concentration signal, not a promise of department quality. Use it as a proxy, then verify department-level outcomes with the school.
Value among peer schools
Compared with 221 schools that report this field.
This page treats cost and earnings as school-wide context, not department-level outcomes. The reported share is 5.7x the national average concentration; the school-wide net price is higher than the peer average ($2,373 above), and ten-year median earnings are lower than the peer average ($3,534 below). That combination produces a C value grade and a top 80% ROI position within this field set.
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Peer schools below also report a positive program-share signal and are sorted by value grade.
Hartnell College Salinas, CA · 2.5% reported share · $2,039 net A+ 
San Joaquin Delta College Stockton, CA · 0.1% reported share · $2,407 net A+ 
Rockingham Community College Wentworth, NC · 0.3% reported share · $2,060 net A+ 
Modesto Junior College Modesto, CA · 1.5% reported share · $2,818 net A+ College of the Albemarle Elizabeth City, NC · 0.5% reported share · $2,253 net A+ 
Shasta College Redding, CA · 0.7% reported share · $2,878 net A+ University of Florida Gainesville, FL · 0.6% reported share · $6,541 net A+ Questions about this program
How big is the program signal?
Agricultural Business and Management accounts for 10.5% of reported programs at Lake Area Technical College, which is bigger than 99% of schools in this field set and 5.7x the national average concentration. The enrollment proxy is about 190 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
How should I read the cost number?
Lake Area Technical College's average net price is $15,979 per year, about $63,916 over four years. That is $2,373 above the $13,606 peer average, before your own aid package changes the final bill.
Are the earnings major-specific?
No. The $45,473 median earnings figure is school-wide ten years after entry. It is $3,534 below the $49,007 average among schools reporting this field, so treat it as an outcomes proxy rather than a department guarantee.
What should I compare next?
Start with program share, net price after aid, graduation rate, location, and whether the department publishes placement or licensure outcomes. EduGradify ranks Lake Area Technical College #177 of 221 schools in this field set by school-wide ROI proxy.