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Best Value Precision Production Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

2023 Best Value Precision Production Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$7,567 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,503 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Precision Production Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Precision Production is one of the most popular subjects to study in South Dakota. With 106 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

The Best Value Precision Production Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for precision production students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Precision Production Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Check out the precision production 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 Precision Production

#1

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

Our 2023 rankings named Southeast Technical College the best value school in South Dakota for precision production students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Sioux Falls, Southeast Tech is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southeast Tech are $7,650 a year.

Southeast Tech also made our Best Precision Production Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #3.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Lake Area Technical Institute helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value precision production schools in South Dakota. Located in the remote town of Watertown, LATI is a public college with a small student population.

LATI undergraduate students pay an average of $6,718 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

LATI also made our Best Precision Production Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #2.

Read full report on Precision Production at Lake Area Technical Institute

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Dakota Technical Institute. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Precision Production Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the rural area of Rapid City, Western Dakota Tech is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Dakota Tech are $8,333 per year.

Western Dakota Tech also took the #4 spot in our Best Precision Production Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in South Dakota rankings.

Read full report on Precision Production at Western Dakota Technical Institute

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
Iowa 737
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

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 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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