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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$6,718 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$17,234 Avg Salary

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.

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

Check out the personal & culinary services undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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 college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at LATI are $6,718 a year.

LATI also made our Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #2.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Lake Area Technical Institute Report

#2

Black Hills Beauty College

Rapid City, SD

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Black Hills Beauty College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. Black Hills Beauty College is a small private for-profit school located in the small city of Rapid City.

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#2

Stewart School

Sioux Falls, SD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stewart School. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. Stewart School is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Sioux Falls.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Stewart School Report

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 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.

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