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Best Value Precision Production Basic Certificate Schools in Minnesota

2023 Best Value Precision Production Basic Certificate Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$8,630 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 Minnesota. With 967 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Precision Production Basic Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Minnesota 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 Minnesota

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Anoka Technical College the best value school in Minnesota for precision production students working on their basic certificate. Anoka Technical College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Anoka.

Anoka Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,075 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Anoka Technical College also took the #5 spot in our Best Precision Production Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Minnesota rankings.

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#2

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, MN

The excellent basic certificate programs at Hennepin Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value precision production schools in Minnesota. Hennepin Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Brooklyn Park.

Hennepin Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,881 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

South Central College

North Mankato, MN

The excellent basic certificate programs at South Central College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value precision production schools in Minnesota. South Central College is a small public school located in the small suburb of North Mankato.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at South Central College are $6,146 a year.

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#4

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN

Out of the 8 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Ridgewater College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Ridgewater College is a small public school located in the remote town of Willmar.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Ridgewater College are $6,114 a year.

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#5

Saint Paul College

Saint Paul, MN

Out of the 8 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Paul College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Saint Paul College is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Saint Paul.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Saint Paul College are $6,318 a year.

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Minnesota State College Southeast ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Precision Production Basic Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. MSC Southeast is a small public school located in the distant town of Winona.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MSC Southeast are $7,490 per year.

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#7

Lake Superior College

Duluth, MN

Lake Superior College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Precision Production Basic Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the small city of Duluth, LSC is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at LSC are $6,404 a year.

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Dunwoody College of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for precision production students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Dunwoody College of Technology is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Dunwoody College of Technology are $24,611 a year.

Dunwoody College of Technology also took the #2 spot in our Best Precision Production Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Minnesota rankings.

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Best Value Precision Production Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,057
Iowa 737
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 8 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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