2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts/Chef Training in South Dakota

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in South Dakota” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Culinary Arts/Chef Training is the 135th most popular major in the country with 10,007 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across South Dakota, there were 7 culinary arts/chef training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 5 culinary arts/chef training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality culinary arts/chef training programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the culinary arts/chef training program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The culinary arts/chef training school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in South Dakota”.

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Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in South Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota associate degree culinary arts/chef training students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts/Chef Training in South Dakota

#1

Mitchell Technical College

Mitchell, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$12,472 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Mitchell Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Mitchell Technical College is located in Mitchell, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s culinary arts/chef training degrees to qualified students.

Mitchell Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. The yearly cost to attend Mitchell Tech is $12,472 for South Dakota Associate Degree Culinary Arts/Chef Training students.

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Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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