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Lake Area Technical College

LATI Student Center
Motto	It's Your World
Type	Public community college
Established	1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Academic affiliations	Space-grant
President	Tiffany Sanderson
Undergraduates	2190 [1]
Location	Watertown , South Dakota , United States
Campus	Rural
Website	www.lakeareatech.edu

Lake Area Technical College (Lake Area Tech or LATC, formerly Lake Area Technical Institute (LATI) ^[2]) is a public community college in Watertown, South Dakota. The campus covers 40 acres and serves an area of 18,000 square miles. Founded in 1965, Lake Area Tech was the first technical school to be established in South Dakota, followed by schools in Mitchell, Sioux Falls and Rapid City. Lake Area Tech is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

Campus

Due to the increasing number of students, the school completed a four-phase campus expansion project in 2013. The project included a new Diesel, Energy, and Welding facility, a new Automotive and Health Science Facility, a centralized Student Center, and a new Agriculture facility. To continue to manage the increase in student population, Lake Area Tech completed a flex space 'The Lab' in 2018 and has constructed a new facility on campus that houses all of the healthcare programs. The new Prairie Lakes Healthcare Center of Learning opened Fall 2020.

Academics

Lake Area Tech has 30 programs of study, including 15 online degrees, and serves more than 2,600 full-time, part-time, and online students. Some of the school's longstanding programs include Agriculture, Welding, Cosmetology, Diesel, Aviation, and Nursing. The school has a 17:1 student/faculty ratio.^{[ citation needed]}

Awards

In March 2017, Lake Area Tech was named the winner of the 2017 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, following three previous Finalist-With-Distinction honors in 2011, 2013, and 2015. The prize was awarded by the Aspen Institute in March 2017.^{[ citation needed]}

References

External links

• Official website
• Lake Area Technical College at College Navigator, a tool from the National Center for Education Statistics