Precision Metal Working

58,838 students earn a precision metal working credential each year across 955 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

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Bachelor's programs — 1 college

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1Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho2—1 year out——

Associate programs — top 100 of 417 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas165$39,2341 year out$54,576$9,168 2Southern Technical CollegeOrlando, Florida154$31,0071 year out—$20,000 3Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana139$56,2921 year out$67,339$6,810 4SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, New York93$42,7391 year out$54,804$12,000 5Thaddeus Stevens College of TechnologyLancaster, Pennsylvania83$52,2981 year out$62,354$12,000 6Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania80$50,4021 year out$64,529$14,750 7State Technical College of MissouriLinn, Missouri56$47,3251 year out$57,487$11,474 8Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas54—1 year out$32,422—9Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan50$56,8111 year out$82,902$17,500 10Central Community CollegeGrand Island, Nebraska50$39,4091 year out$51,191$5,500 11Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska50$49,1141 year out$61,826$11,650 12Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita, Kansas48—1 year out——13Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado46—1 year out$44,454—14South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas46$33,1671 year out——15Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico44$42,1621 year out$47,419$6,440 16Tulsa Welding School-TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma42$32,3211 year out$57,812$19,357 17Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina40—1 year out——18Mech-Tech CollegeCaguas, Puerto Rico39$27,0931 year out$28,965—19Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas38$45,2791 year out—$14,122 20Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California37—1 year out——21Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana36$54,9081 year out$60,544$12,000 22Bellingham Technical CollegeBellingham, Washington36—1 year out$45,535—23Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas35—1 year out——24Pueblo Community CollegePueblo, Colorado33$43,7151 year out$45,868$11,300 25Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas33—1 year out——26Ohio Technical CollegeCleveland, Ohio31$38,8611 year out—$7,667 27St Philip's CollegeSan Antonio, Texas31—1 year out——28Shelton State Community CollegeTuscaloosa, Alabama30—1 year out——29San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas30—1 year out$58,874—30Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, North Carolina28—1 year out——31Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington28—1 year out$50,957—32Lake Area Technical CollegeWatertown, South Dakota27$43,4361 year out$52,342$11,001 33Bates Technical CollegeTacoma, Washington27—1 year out——34Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan26—1 year out——35Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa25$48,1141 year out$55,889$13,500 36Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska25—1 year out——37Pitt Community CollegeWinterville, North Carolina25—1 year out$48,985—38Colorado Mesa UniversityGrand Junction, Colorado23—1 year out$53,353—39Lansing Community CollegeLansing, Michigan23—1 year out——40Western Dakota Technical CollegeRapid City, South Dakota23$37,7171 year out$46,336$12,000 41Bevill State Community CollegeJasper, Alabama22—1 year out$48,842—42Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California22—1 year out——43Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois22—1 year out$43,936—44Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri22$40,6961 year out$48,272—45College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho22$40,0291 year out$47,425$8,000 46Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado21—1 year out——47Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky21—1 year out$41,473—48Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, Kentucky21—1 year out——49Montana State University BillingsBillings, Montana21$41,8751 year out——50North Dakota State College of ScienceWahpeton, North Dakota21$51,6471 year out$61,453$11,246 51Peninsula CollegePort Angeles, Washington21—1 year out——52Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa20—1 year out——53East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba, Mississippi20—1 year out$56,427—54Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, North Carolina20—1 year out——55Linn-Benton Community CollegeAlbany, Oregon20$42,0851 year out$51,995—56Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, Texas20—1 year out——57Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California19—1 year out——58Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan19$50,0891 year out——59Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, Minnesota19$55,1881 year out$64,519$12,000 60Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi19—1 year out$31,800—61Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina19—1 year out$58,338—62Eastern Wyoming CollegeTorrington, Wyoming19$40,9021 year out——63Northland Pioneer CollegeHolbrook, Arizona18—1 year out——64Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota18$59,8291 year out$75,477—65Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina18$40,1491 year out$51,610—66Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon18—1 year out$51,213—67Williamson College of the TradesMedia, Pennsylvania18—1 year out——68Aims Community CollegeGreeley, Colorado17—1 year out$53,909—69Manchester Community CollegeManchester, New Hampshire17—1 year out——70Everett Community CollegeEverett, Washington17—1 year out$33,577—71Gadsden State Community CollegeGadsden, Alabama16—1 year out——72Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas16—1 year out——73Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky16$48,7091 year out——74Green River CollegeAuburn, Washington16—1 year out——75Walla Walla Community CollegeWalla Walla, Washington16—1 year out——76Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin16$52,4491 year out$60,794—77Waukesha County Technical CollegePewaukee, Wisconsin16—1 year out$60,037—78Northern Wyoming Community College DistrictSheridan, Wyoming16—1 year out$56,694—79Mountwest Community and Technical CollegeHuntington, West Virginia16—1 year out$36,280—80College of the SequoiasVisalia, California15—1 year out——81Community College of DenverDenver, Colorado15—1 year out——82Rowan-Cabarrus Community CollegeSalisbury, North Carolina15—1 year out——83Westmoreland County Community CollegeYoungwood, Pennsylvania15—1 year out——84Olympic CollegeBremerton, Washington15$23,5481 year out$46,926—85George C Wallace State Community College-HancevilleHanceville, Alabama14—1 year out——86Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona14—1 year out$58,052—87Arkansas State University-BeebeBeebe, Arkansas14—1 year out——88Hawkeye Community CollegeWaterloo, Iowa14—1 year out$59,903—89Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia, Michigan14—1 year out——90SUNY College of Technology at DelhiDelhi, New York14$39,0591 year out—$12,000 91Central Carolina Community CollegeSanford, North Carolina14—1 year out——92Alamance Community CollegeGraham, North Carolina14—1 year out——93Lane Community CollegeEugene, Oregon14—1 year out——94Angelina CollegeLufkin, Texas14—1 year out——95Allan Hancock CollegeSanta Maria, California13—1 year out——96Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfrey, Illinois13—1 year out$41,017—97Eastern Maine Community CollegeBangor, Maine13—1 year out$62,225—98Anoka Technical CollegeAnoka, Minnesota13$51,7471 year out——99The University of MontanaMissoula, Montana13—1 year out——100Mohawk Valley Community CollegeUtica, New York13—1 year out——

Certificate programs — top 100 of 935 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Tulsa Welding School-HoustonHouston, Texas1,118$31,8211 year out$42,714$9,500 2Tulsa Welding School-JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida949$31,8211 year out$42,714$9,500 3Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana787$41,7671 year out$54,333$6,387 4Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado539$34,1251 year out$55,969$8,347 5Tulsa Welding School-TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma522$31,8211 year out$42,714$9,500 6ArclabsPiedmont, South Carolina475$34,8431 year out—$9,500 7Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky473$46,1331 year out—$10,684 8Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeOwensboro, Kentucky472$45,3661 year out—$7,475 9Northwood Technical CollegeRice Lake, Wisconsin435$42,2821 year out$51,373$5,500 10Central Louisiana Technical Community CollegeAlexandria, Louisiana433—1 year out$39,806—11Northshore Technical Community CollegeLacombe, Louisiana404$25,8181 year out—$10,500 12Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, Kentucky390$42,2331 year out—$9,041 13Hobart Institute of Welding TechnologyTroy, Ohio388$45,3701 year out$53,731$5,500 14South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas375$24,2651 year out$42,369—15San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas374$42,5121 year out$42,311—16Lincoln College of Technology-DenverDenver, Colorado371$37,2491 year out$48,015$9,429 17Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysville, Kentucky370$36,3941 year out$34,833$9,820 18Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin364$53,5071 year out$58,589$7,664 19Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia353$29,1071 year out$32,887$4,997 20Pueblo Community CollegePueblo, Colorado339$25,9701 year out$40,722$6,625 21Lincoln College of Technology-Grand PrairieGrand Prairie, Texas339$37,2491 year out$48,015$9,429 22West Georgia Technical CollegeWaco, Georgia328—1 year out$50,258$8,000 23Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa321$39,3971 year out$52,978$5,500 24Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas311$35,7201 year out$43,861$8,641 25West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducah, Kentucky295$35,6031 year out$47,139$8,250 26Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky291—1 year out—$6,794 27Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas280$40,8631 year out$31,599$4,562 28Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin278$38,6591 year out$45,723$9,700 29Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita, Kansas266$30,5151 year out$42,129$5,564 30Mech-Tech CollegeCaguas, Puerto Rico265—1 year out——31Refrigeration School IncPhoenix, Arizona258$35,8081 year out—$7,917 32Coastal Pines Technical CollegeWaycross, Georgia257$43,0401 year out$48,942—33Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeBowling Green, Kentucky254$58,9961 year out—$9,413 34Central Community CollegeGrand Island, Nebraska254—1 year out——35Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas247—1 year out——36Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky232$53,1721 year out—$7,166 37Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia226—1 year out$47,962—38Summit CollegeSan Bernardino, California226$37,5021 year out$50,401$7,600 39Wiregrass Georgia Technical CollegeValdosta, Georgia225—1 year out$41,010—40Paris Junior CollegeParis, Texas222$28,7291 year out$32,607—41Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon219—1 year out——42Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRome, Georgia218$38,0021 year out$45,040—43Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio215—1 year out——44Northwest Shoals Community CollegeMuscle Shoals, Alabama213—1 year out——45Savannah Technical CollegeSavannah, Georgia211$41,6041 year out$44,468—46Nashville Auto-Diesel CollegeNashville, Tennessee211$37,2491 year out$48,015$9,429 47Universal Technical Institute-Dallas Fort WorthIrving, Texas211$39,1411 year out—$6,855 48Oconee Fall Line Technical CollegeSandersville, Georgia208$38,6731 year out$47,260—49Tidewater Tech-TradesNorfolk, Virginia205$32,2691 year out$41,946$9,500 50Lincoln Technical Institute-East WindsorEast Windsor, Connecticut198$39,4081 year out$48,123$11,597 51Aims Community CollegeGreeley, Colorado195$47,6801 year out——52Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, South Carolina194—1 year out——53Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado192—1 year out——54Midwest Technical Institute-IllinoisSpringfield, Illinois189$31,6301 year out$38,902$9,500 55Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas188$35,1021 year out——56Indian Capital Technology Center-MuskogeeMuskogee, Oklahoma184$23,5181 year out$46,564—57Red Rocks Community CollegeLakewood, Colorado181—1 year out——58Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois179$31,6921 year out$44,590$6,500 59Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky178$41,4151 year out—$8,439 60Universal Technical Institute of Arizona IncAvondale, Arizona174$37,5681 year out—$10,593 61Anoka Technical CollegeAnoka, Minnesota174$49,6321 year out$56,646$8,692 62Northland Pioneer CollegeHolbrook, Arizona170—1 year out——63Southern Careers Institute-HarlingenHarlingen, Texas168$25,0771 year out$32,672$7,125 64Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut167$41,3781 year out$53,598—65Universal Technical Institute of California IncRancho Cucamonga, California166$37,5681 year out—$10,593 66Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood, South Carolina165$34,9281 year out$45,568$11,625 67Universal Technical Institute-MooresvilleMooresville, North Carolina165$37,5681 year out—$10,593 68Western Technical CollegeEl Paso, Texas164$29,3711 year out$41,365$17,372 69Advanced Career InstituteVisalia, California163$31,4011 year out$35,164$8,023 70Louisiana Delta Community CollegeMonroe, Louisiana163$26,0691 year out$30,194$7,916 71Southern Regional Technical CollegeThomasville, Georgia163—1 year out——72Universal Technical Institute-Southern CaliforniaLong Beach, California162$37,5681 year out—$10,593 73Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshland, Kentucky158$36,7961 year out$48,022$5,500 74St Philip's CollegeSan Antonio, Texas157—1 year out——75Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin156$47,7181 year out$50,958$5,250 76Southern Careers Institute-San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas156$25,0771 year out$32,672$7,125 77J F Ingram State Technical CollegeDeatsville, Alabama153—1 year out——78Rend Lake CollegeIna, Illinois153—1 year out——79Central Virginia Community CollegeLynchburg, Virginia152$37,2811 year out—$8,625 80George C Wallace State Community College-HancevilleHanceville, Alabama151—1 year out——81Northwest Louisiana Technical Community CollegeMinden, Louisiana151$23,3131 year out$34,656—82Cossatot Community College of the University of ArkansasDe Queen, Arkansas150$22,3411 year out$44,277—83Del Mar CollegeCorpus Christi, Texas149—1 year out——84Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi148$22,4341 year out$35,889$5,500 85Miller-Motte College-STVT-San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas145$30,1051 year out$40,658$13,000 86Black River Technical CollegePocahontas, Arkansas144—1 year out——87Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas144—1 year out——88South Arkansas CollegeEl Dorado, Arkansas142—1 year out——89Merced CollegeMerced, California141$27,5411 year out——90Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical CollegeCumberland, Kentucky141$30,5661 year out——91Colegio Mayor de Tecnologia IncArroyo, Puerto Rico141$25,9651 year out$32,821—92Coastal Alabama Community CollegeBay Minette, Alabama139—1 year out$33,329—93Rowan-Cabarrus Community CollegeSalisbury, North Carolina138—1 year out——94City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley CollegeChicago, Illinois137—1 year out——95Butte CollegeOroville, California136—1 year out——96Lincoln Land Community CollegeSpringfield, Illinois136$33,2981 year out$21,895—97University of Arkansas-Fort SmithFort Smith, Arkansas135—1 year out——98Neosho County Community CollegeChanute, Kansas134—1 year out——99Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc.Houston, Texas133$39,1411 year out—$6,855 100Athens Technical CollegeAthens, Georgia133—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).