Watertown's Lake Area Technical College Named Among Top 10 Military Friendly® Schools for 2024-2025

Lake Area Technical College in Watertown, South Dakota, has been named a 2024-2025 Military Friendly® Top 10 School. This is among similar-sized two-year colleges in the U.S. This is the 14th year the college has received this award, and the first time it has been in the Top 10. The award recognizes the college's efforts to support the education of the military community. The college currently has 107 military students and 21 staff members who are veterans or active military.

College President Tiffany Sanderson is proud of the recognition. She says it shows the college's support for service men and women who are working towards their education and career goals. The college has a Veteran Services office that helps military students adjust to student life.

The Military Friendly® School award is based on several factors. These include student retention, graduation, job placement, loan repayment, and loan default rates. It focuses especially on student veterans. Over 1,800 schools took part in the 2024-2025 survey, and 537 received special awards.

The 2024-2025 Military Friendly® Schools list will be published in G.I. Jobs magazine. It will also be available online at www.militaryfriendly.com. More information about the college's services for student veterans is on the Lake Area Tech website.

Lake Area Technical College was founded in 1965. It was the first technical college in South Dakota. The college offers technical education in 31 fields. It has been recognized nationally for its success. The college has more than 2,600 students and nearly 23,000 graduates. Among graduates, 99% are employed or continuing their education. In 2017, the college won the National Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.

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