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2023 Best Value Cosmetology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Cosmetology Undergraduate Certificate School for You
In 2021-2022, cosmetology students earned 209 degrees and certificates from a South Dakota school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.
It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Cosmetology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for cosmetology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
2023 Best Value Cosmetology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for cosmetology majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.
Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Cosmetology
Our 2023 rankings named Lake Area Technical Institute the best value school in South Dakota for cosmetology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Watertown, LATI is a public college with a small student population.
LATI undergraduate students pay an average of $6,718 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, LATI is ranked #2 for overall quality for cosmetology in South Dakota.
Read full report on Cosmetology at Lake Area Technical Institute
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Black Hills Beauty College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Cosmetology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. Black Hills Beauty College is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Rapid City.
Read full report on Cosmetology at Black Hills Beauty College
Out of the 3 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Stewart School landed the # 2 spot on the list. Stewart School is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Sioux Falls.
On average, cosmetology graduates from Stewart School take out $6,982 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
Best Value Cosmetology Colleges in the Plains States Region
Explore all the Best Value Cosmetology Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Kansas | 1,184 |
Missouri | 1,382 |
Minnesota | 1,054 |
Iowa | 685 |
North Dakota | 203 |
Nebraska | 441 |
Majors Related to Cosmetology
One of 4 majors within the trade school area of study, cosmetology has other similar majors worth exploring.
Cosmetology Focus Areas
Majors Similar to Cosmetology
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Culinary Arts | 22,075 |
Funeral & Mortuary Science | 2,186 |
Casino Operations and Services | 385 |
Other Personal & Culinary Services | 95 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 3 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 Tiffany Bumgardner.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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