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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$6,718 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$17,273 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 2 degrees and certificates were awarded to personal and culinary services students who went to a South Dakota college or university. This makes it the #36 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for personal and culinary services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Personal & Culinary Services

Our 2023 rankings named Lake Area Technical Institute the best value school in South Dakota for personal and culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. LATI is a small public school located in the town of Watertown.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LATI are $6,718 per year.

LATI also took the #3 spot in our Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota rankings.

Read full report on Personal & Culinary Services at Lake Area Technical Institute

#2

Black Hills Beauty College

Rapid City, SD

Out of the 3 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Black Hills Beauty College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Rapid City, Black Hills Beauty College is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Read full report on Personal & Culinary Services at Black Hills Beauty College

#2

Stewart School

Sioux Falls, SD

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Stewart School helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal and culinary services schools in South Dakota. Located in the midsize city of Sioux Falls, Stewart School is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 106
Minnesota 81
Iowa 118
Missouri 79
Nebraska 66
North Dakota 4

Personal & Culinary Services Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Cosmetology 107,895
Culinary Arts 19,806
Funeral & Mortuary Science 2,354
Casino Operations and Services 192
Other Personal & Culinary Services 81

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanic & Repair Technologies 96,336
Precision Production 52,913
Construction Trades 35,794
Transportation & Materials Moving 29,084

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Army Europe Images.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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