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2023 Best Value Precision Production Basic Certificate Schools in Iowa
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Precision Production Basic Certificate School for You
Precision Production is one of the most popular subjects to study in Iowa. With 737 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.
With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.
The Best Value Precision Production Basic Certificate Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Iowa 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Precision Production
Our 2023 rankings named Hawkeye Community College the best value school in Iowa for precision production students working on their basic certificate. Hawkeye Community College is a small public school located in the small city of Waterloo.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Hawkeye Community College are $6,090 per year.
Hawkeye Community College also took the #1 spot in our Best Precision Production Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Iowa rankings.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Des Moines Area Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Precision Production Basic Certificate Schools in Iowa list. DMACC is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Ankeny.
DMACC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,340 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
DMACC also made our Best Precision Production Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Iowa list, coming in at #4.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Kansas | 1,057 |
Minnesota | 967 |
South Dakota | 106 |
North Dakota | 185 |
Missouri | 607 |
Nebraska | 453 |
Majors Related to Precision Production
Precision Production Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
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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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.