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2023 Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in South Dakota
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in South Dakota to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for trade school students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Trade Basic Certificate Schools in South Dakota
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Our analysis found Lake Area Technical Institute to be the best value school for trade school students who want to pursue a basic certificate in South Dakota. Watertown, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out basic certificates to 62 students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at LATI are $6,718 a year.
Some students may be able to take online classes at LATI. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 44% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
LATI also took the #1 spot in our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in South Dakota rankings.
Out of the 5 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s value ranking, Southeast Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Southeast Tech is a public institution located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 basic certificates in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Southeast Tech are $7,650 a year.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Southeast Tech. In 2020-2021 about 43% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Southeast Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in South Dakota list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mitchell Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. Mitchell Tech is located in Mitchell, South Dakota and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 18 basic certificates to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Mitchell Tech are $7,524 a year.
One thing to take note of is that Mitchell Tech does offer online classes in some areas. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 33% took at least some of their classes online.
Mitchell Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in South Dakota list.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of South Dakota is a great place for trade school students working on their basic certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. University of South Dakota is a medium-sized public school located in Vermillion, South Dakota that handed out 29 basic certificates in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USD are $12,942 per year.
USD does offer online classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 58% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
USD also made our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #3.
The excellent basic certificate programs at Western Dakota Technical Institute helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade school schools in South Dakota. Western Dakota Tech is located in Rapid City, South Dakota and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 38 basic certificates to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Western Dakota Tech are $8,333 a year.
One thing to take note of is that Western Dakota Tech does offer online classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 47% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Western Dakota Tech is ranked #5 for overall quality in South Dakota.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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