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Western Dakota Technical College

Rapid City, SDPublic HLC

Western Dakota Technical College in Rapid City, South Dakota offers two-year Associate of Applied Science programs in Criminal Justice and in Law Enforcement Technology.

Verified degree programs

2 programs verified so far (2 associate). The school may offer more programs than we have verified; certificates are not listed as degrees.

Western Dakota Technical College

Criminal Justice (Associate of Applied Science)

AssociateAASDedicated degreeAppliedAssociate of Applied Science
Format: Campus
Location: Rapid City, SD
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: 18-Month Program · 63 credits
Tuition: $276 per credit · All students — Total cost per credit hour (tuition fee, institutional fees and state fees), 2026-2027, no residency distinction printed · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice
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Western Dakota Technical College

Law Enforcement Technology (Associate of Applied Science)

AssociateAASDedicated degreeAssociate of Applied Science
Format: Campus
Location: Rapid City, SD
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: 18-Month Program · 62 credits
Tuition: $276 per credit · All students — Total cost per credit hour (tuition fee, institutional fees and state fees), 2026-2027, no residency distinction printed · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Law Enforcement and Policing
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Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1983 · next review 08/31/2028

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

FEPAC program accreditation

None of this school's listed programs appears in FEPAC's accredited-program list. FEPAC accredits forensic science programs only and is optional; its absence does not make a program ineligible here.

Institutional accreditation covers the institution. It does not mean every program is FEPAC-accredited — FEPAC accredits individual programs, and we show it only for the program FEPAC lists.

Forensic labs, centers and student groups

As described on the school's own pages.

Online student services

Services the university publishes for online students. Availability can depend on program and enrollment status.

Online student services: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Institution

Official name
Western Dakota Technical College
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
800 Mickelson Dr, Rapid City, SD 57703-4018
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
233 of 1,047 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 24, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  2. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  3. DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. wdt.edu/degree-programs/criminal-justice — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  5. wdt.edu/degree-programs/law-enforcement — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026

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