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2023 Best Value Precision Production Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,525 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,001 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Precision Production Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 51 degrees and certificates were awarded to precision production students who went to a South Dakota college or university. This makes it the #29 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which 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. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Precision Production Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to see which associate degree 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 Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Precision Production Associate Degree Colleges.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Precision Production

Our analysis found Lake Area Technical Institute to be the best value school for precision production students who want to pursue a associate degree in South Dakota. Located in the remote town of Watertown, LATI is a public college with a small student population.

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

LATI not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Precision Production Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list.

Read full report on Precision Production at Lake Area Technical Institute

Out of the 2 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Dakota Technical Institute landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Rapid City, Western Dakota Tech is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Western Dakota Tech are $8,332 a year.

Full Precision Production at Western Dakota Technical Institute Report

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 68
Minnesota 119
Iowa 92
Missouri 146
Nebraska 105
North Dakota 36

Precision Production Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Precision Metal Working 52,308
Woodworking 431
Other Precision Production 68
Leatherworking & Upholstery 54
Precision Production Trades 39
Boilermaking 13

Majors Similar to Precision Production

Related Major Annual Graduates
Personal & Culinary Services 130,328
Mechanic & Repair Technologies 96,336
Construction Trades 35,794
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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