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2023 Best Value Precision Production Basic Certificate Schools in Iowa

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$6,090 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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.

2023 Best Value Precision Production Basic Certificate Schools in Iowa

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

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

Our analysis found Hawkeye Community College to be the best value school for precision production students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Iowa. Hawkeye Community College is a small public school located in the city of Waterloo.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Hawkeye Community College are $6,090 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Hawkeye Community College is ranked #1 for overall quality for precision production in Iowa.

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Out of the 2 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Des Moines Area Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. DMACC is a very large public school located in the suburb of Ankeny.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at DMACC are $5,340 a year.

DMACC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Precision Production Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Iowa list.

Read full report on Precision Production at Des Moines Area Community College

Best Value Precision Production Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Precision Production Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,057
Minnesota 967
South Dakota 106
North Dakota 185
Missouri 607
Nebraska 453

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 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.

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