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Best Value Precision Production Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina

2023 Best Value Precision Production Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$5,680 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Precision Production Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, precision production students earned 1,206 degrees and certificates from a South Carolina school, making the subject the 5th 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Precision Production Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in South Carolina to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for precision production 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 Precision Production Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for precision production majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Precision Production

#1

Piedmont Technical College

Greenwood, SC

Our analysis found Piedmont Technical College to be the best value school for precision production students who want to pursue a basic certificate in South Carolina. Piedmont Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Greenwood.

Piedmont Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,315 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Piedmont Technical College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Precision Production Basic Certificate Trade Schools in South Carolina list.

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#2

Spartanburg Community College

Spartanburg, SC

Out of the 6 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Spartanburg Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Spartanburg Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Spartanburg.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Spartanburg Community College are $6,030 per year.

Spartanburg Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Precision Production Basic Certificate Trade Schools in South Carolina list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florence-Darlington Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Precision Production Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. Florence-Darlington Technical College is a small public school located in the small suburb of Florence.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Florence-Darlington Technical College are $4,900 per year.

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Out of the 6 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Greenville Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. GTC is a large public school located in the city of Greenville.

GTC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,882 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, GTC is ranked #3 for overall quality for precision production in South Carolina.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Horry-Georgetown Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value precision production schools in South Carolina. Located in the city of Conway, Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Horry-Georgetown Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,356 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #6, Central Carolina Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for precision production students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Sumter, Central Carolina is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Central Carolina are $6,594 a year.

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Best Value Precision Production Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Precision Production Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 3,134
West Virginia 86
Alabama 1,195
Kentucky 3,549
Georgia 2,979
Tennessee 1,281
Louisiana 1,496
Mississippi 815
Florida 2,099
Virginia 812
Arkansas 1,445

Precision Production Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Precision Metal Working 54,790
Woodworking 435
Other Precision Production 67
Leatherworking & Upholstery 46
Precision Production Trades 44
Boilermaking 29

Majors Similar to Precision Production

Related Major Annual Graduates
Personal & Culinary Services 149,352
Mechanic & Repair Technologies 105,741
Construction Trades 40,802
Transportation & Materials Moving 33,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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