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2023 Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$7,928 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,755 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Construction Trades is the #21 most popular major in South Dakota with 136 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for construction trades students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for construction trades majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Construction Trades

Our analysis found Mitchell Technical College to be the best value school for construction trades students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in South Dakota. Mitchell Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Mitchell.

Mitchell Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $7,524 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Mitchell Tech also took the #1 spot in our Best Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Dakota Technical Institute. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list. Western Dakota Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Rapid City.

Western Dakota Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $8,332 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Western Dakota Tech is ranked #4 for overall quality for construction trades in South Dakota.

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Best Value Construction Trades Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 129
Minnesota 212
Iowa 59
Missouri 177
Nebraska 191
North Dakota 26

Construction Trades Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 23,527
Building Management & Inspection 4,511
Carpentry 3,273
Plumbing & Water Supply 2,617
Construction 1,435
Masonry 274
Other Construction 157

Related Major Annual Graduates
Personal & Culinary Services 130,328
Mechanic & Repair Technologies 96,336
Precision Production 52,913
Transportation & Materials Moving 29,084

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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