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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in South Dakota to see which undergraduate 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 1 to 4 Years in Personal & Culinary Services
Our analysis found Lake Area Technical Institute to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in South Dakota. Located in the remote town of Watertown, LATI is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at LATI are $6,718 a year.
LATI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in South Dakota list.
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Out of the 3 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Black Hills Beauty College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Black Hills Beauty College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Rapid City.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Stewart School is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Stewart School is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Sioux Falls.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Kansas | 1,296 |
Minnesota | 1,197 |
Iowa | 953 |
North Dakota | 207 |
Missouri | 1,495 |
Nebraska | 571 |
Personal & Culinary Services Related Majors for Personal & Culinary Services
Personal & Culinary Services Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Cosmetology | 124,611 |
Culinary Arts | 22,075 |
Funeral & Mortuary Science | 2,186 |
Casino Operations and Services | 385 |
Other Personal & Culinary Services | 95 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 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 U.S. Army Europe Images.
More about our data sources and methodologies.