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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in South Dakota

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, personal & culinary services was ranked 5th in South Dakota. In fact, 212 were awarded in the state in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for personal & culinary services 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. 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.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Personal & Culinary Services

Stewart School

Sioux Falls, SD

24 Basic Certificates

Our analysis found Stewart School to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in South Dakota. Stewart School is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Sioux Falls.

Black Hills Beauty College

Rapid City, SD

16 Basic Certificates

Our analysis found Black Hills Beauty College to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in South Dakota. Black Hills Beauty College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the small city of Rapid City.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Degrees Awarded
Kansas	1,296
Minnesota	1,197
Iowa	953
North Dakota	207
Missouri	1,495
Nebraska	571

Personal & Culinary Services Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Cosmetology	124,611
Culinary Arts	22,075
Funeral & Mortuary Science	2,186
Casino Operations and Services	385
Other Personal & Culinary Services	95

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanic & Repair Technologies	105,741
Precision Production	55,411
Construction Trades	40,802
Transportation & Materials Moving	33,306

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).
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