2023 Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Plumbing & Water Supply Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 24 degrees and certificates were awarded to plumbing & water supply students who went to a South Dakota college or university. This makes it the #19 most popular major in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for plumbing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Plumbing & Water Supply

#1

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

8 Undergraduate Certificates

#3 in Quality in South Dakota

$7,650 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Southeast Technical College to be the best value school for plumbing & water supply students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in South Dakota. Southeast Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Sioux Falls.

Southeast Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $7,650 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Southeast Tech is ranked #3 for overall quality for plumbing in South Dakota.

Full Plumbing & Water Supply at Southeast Technical College Report

#2

Western Dakota Technical Institute

Rapid City, SD

6 Undergraduate Certificates

#4 in Quality in South Dakota

$8,333 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Western Dakota Technical Institute helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value plumbing & water supply schools in South Dakota. Western Dakota Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Rapid City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Western Dakota Tech are $8,333 a year.

Western Dakota Tech also took the #4 spot in our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in South Dakota rankings.

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Majors Related to Plumbing

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Tomwsulcer.

More about our data sources and methodologies.