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
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
Associate programs — top 100 of 417 colleges by graduate earnings
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota18$59,8291 year out$75,477—2Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan50$56,8111 year out$82,902$17,5003Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana139$56,2921 year out$67,339$6,8104Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, Minnesota19$55,1881 year out$64,519$12,0005Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana36$54,9081 year out$60,544$12,0006Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin16$52,4491 year out$60,794—7Thaddeus Stevens College of TechnologyLancaster, Pennsylvania83$52,2981 year out$62,354$12,0008Anoka Technical CollegeAnoka, Minnesota13$51,7471 year out——9North Dakota State College of ScienceWahpeton, North Dakota21$51,6471 year out$61,453$11,24610Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania80$50,4021 year out$64,529$14,75011Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan19$50,0891 year out——12Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska50$49,1141 year out$61,826$11,65013Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky16$48,7091 year out——14Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa25$48,1141 year out$55,889$13,50015State Technical College of MissouriLinn, Missouri56$47,3251 year out$57,487$11,47416Clark CollegeVancouver, Washington7$46,6091 year out$49,937—17Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas38$45,2791 year out—$14,12218Beal UniversityBangor, Maine4$44,6901 year out—$13,54119Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota12$44,6351 year out$54,802—20Ranken Technical CollegeSaint Louis, Missouri11$43,9221 year out$58,486$15,00021Pueblo Community CollegePueblo, Colorado33$43,7151 year out$45,868$11,30022Flathead Valley Community CollegeKalispell, Montana11$43,7111 year out——23New Castle School of TradesNew Castle, Pennsylvania5$43,6711 year out$45,354$9,93124Lake Area Technical CollegeWatertown, South Dakota27$43,4361 year out$52,342$11,00125SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, New York93$42,7391 year out$54,804$12,00026Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico44$42,1621 year out$47,419$6,44027Linn-Benton Community CollegeAlbany, Oregon20$42,0851 year out$51,995—28Montana State University BillingsBillings, Montana21$41,8751 year out——29Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona12$41,1321 year out$48,310—30Eastern Wyoming CollegeTorrington, Wyoming19$40,9021 year out——31Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeBowling Green, Kentucky10$40,7611 year out——32Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri22$40,6961 year out$48,272—33Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York8$40,1551 year out$48,015—34Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina18$40,1491 year out$51,610—35College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho22$40,0291 year out$47,425$8,00036Central Community CollegeGrand Island, Nebraska50$39,4091 year out$51,191$5,50037Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas165$39,2341 year out$54,576$9,16838SUNY College of Technology at DelhiDelhi, New York14$39,0591 year out—$12,00039Ohio Technical CollegeCleveland, Ohio31$38,8611 year out—$7,66740Western Dakota Technical CollegeRapid City, South Dakota23$37,7171 year out$46,336$12,00041Trinity Valley Community CollegeAthens, Texas5$35,1231 year out$44,139—42South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas46$33,1671 year out——43Tulsa Welding School-TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma42$32,3211 year out$57,812$19,35744Vernon CollegeVernon, Texas4$32,2061 year out$38,602$5,50045Southern Technical CollegeOrlando, Florida154$31,0071 year out—$20,00046New Mexico State University-Dona AnaLas Cruces, New Mexico11$27,9201 year out$50,881—47New Mexico State University-GrantsGrants, New Mexico2$27,9201 year out$50,881—48New Mexico State University-Main CampusLas Cruces, New Mexico—$27,9201 year out$50,881—49Mech-Tech CollegeCaguas, Puerto Rico39$27,0931 year out$28,965—50Olympic CollegeBremerton, Washington15$23,5481 year out$46,926—51Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas54—1 year out$32,422—52Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita, Kansas48—1 year out——53Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado46—1 year out$44,454—54Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina40—1 year out——55Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California37—1 year out——56Bellingham Technical CollegeBellingham, Washington36—1 year out$45,535—57Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas35—1 year out——58Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas33—1 year out——59St Philip's CollegeSan Antonio, Texas31—1 year out——60Shelton State Community CollegeTuscaloosa, Alabama30—1 year out——61San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas30—1 year out$58,874—62Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, North Carolina28—1 year out——63Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington28—1 year out$50,957—64Bates Technical CollegeTacoma, Washington27—1 year out——65Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan26—1 year out——66Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska25—1 year out——67Pitt Community CollegeWinterville, North Carolina25—1 year out$48,985—68Colorado Mesa UniversityGrand Junction, Colorado23—1 year out$53,353—69Lansing Community CollegeLansing, Michigan23—1 year out——70Bevill State Community CollegeJasper, Alabama22—1 year out$48,842—71Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California22—1 year out——72Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois22—1 year out$43,936—73Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado21—1 year out——74Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky21—1 year out$41,473—75Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, Kentucky21—1 year out——76Peninsula CollegePort Angeles, Washington21—1 year out——77Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa20—1 year out——78East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba, Mississippi20—1 year out$56,427—79Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, North Carolina20—1 year out——80Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, Texas20—1 year out——81Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California19—1 year out——82Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi19—1 year out$31,800—83Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina19—1 year out$58,338—84Northland Pioneer CollegeHolbrook, Arizona18—1 year out——85Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon18—1 year out$51,213—86Williamson College of the TradesMedia, Pennsylvania18—1 year out——87Aims Community CollegeGreeley, Colorado17—1 year out$53,909—88Manchester Community CollegeManchester, New Hampshire17—1 year out——89Everett Community CollegeEverett, Washington17—1 year out$33,577—90Gadsden State Community CollegeGadsden, Alabama16—1 year out——91Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas16—1 year out——92Green River CollegeAuburn, Washington16—1 year out——93Walla Walla Community CollegeWalla Walla, Washington16—1 year out——94Waukesha County Technical CollegePewaukee, Wisconsin16—1 year out$60,037—95Northern Wyoming Community College DistrictSheridan, Wyoming16—1 year out$56,694—96Mountwest Community and Technical CollegeHuntington, West Virginia16—1 year out$36,280—97College of the SequoiasVisalia, California15—1 year out——98Community College of DenverDenver, Colorado15—1 year out——99Rowan-Cabarrus Community CollegeSalisbury, North Carolina15—1 year out——100Westmoreland County Community CollegeYoungwood, Pennsylvania15—1 year out——
Certificate programs — top 100 of 935 colleges by graduate earnings
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan19$68,8521 year out$78,109$21,7652Idaho State UniversityPocatello, Idaho26$64,5811 year out$74,275$9,0003Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeBowling Green, Kentucky254$58,9961 year out—$9,4134Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin364$53,5071 year out$58,589$7,6645Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky232$53,1721 year out—$7,1666White Mountains Community CollegeBerlin, New Hampshire42$53,0661 year out$38,984$9,6257Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota98$52,4561 year out$59,492$9,3298Alexandria Technical & Community CollegeAlexandria, Minnesota52$51,1411 year out$60,991$9,5009Saint Paul CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota62$50,8421 year out$60,060$9,92810Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, Minnesota54$50,4641 year out$52,690$5,50011York Technical CollegeRock Hill, South Carolina74$50,3091 year out$50,052$11,25012St Cloud Technical and Community CollegeSaint Cloud, Minnesota34$49,6361 year out$64,258$9,50013Anoka Technical CollegeAnoka, Minnesota174$49,6321 year out$56,646$8,69214Minnesota State College SoutheastWinona, Minnesota26$49,3421 year out$52,462$12,50015Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin130$48,6381 year out$57,152$8,10916Lakeshore Technical CollegeCleveland, Wisconsin62$48,6191 year out$48,783—17Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, Texas61$48,2631 year out$65,178—18Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin156$47,7181 year out$50,958$5,25019Aims Community CollegeGreeley, Colorado195$47,6801 year out——20Midlands Technical CollegeWest Columbia, South Carolina51$47,5561 year out—$10,50021Welder Training and Testing InstituteAllentown, Pennsylvania49$47,5281 year out$42,160$9,50022Arkansas Northeastern CollegeBlytheville, Arkansas31$47,1101 year out——23Lively Technical CollegeTallahassee, Florida65$46,4991 year out$42,893—24Lancaster County Career and Technology CenterWillow Street, Pennsylvania11$46,3311 year out$45,580$9,50025Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky473$46,1331 year out—$10,68426Marshalltown Community CollegeMarshalltown, Iowa64$45,9721 year out——27Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California91$45,8641 year out——28Lynnes Welding TrainingFargo, North Dakota80$45,8331 year out$41,856$3,70029Hawkeye Community CollegeWaterloo, Iowa52$45,5091 year out$55,933$7,87430North Georgia Technical CollegeClarkesville, Georgia77$45,4721 year out$51,490—31Bevill State Community CollegeJasper, Alabama95$45,4231 year out$46,654—32Hobart Institute of Welding TechnologyTroy, Ohio388$45,3701 year out$53,731$5,50033Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeOwensboro, Kentucky472$45,3661 year out—$7,47534Davis Technical CollegeKaysville, Utah79$45,3501 year out——35Ranken Technical CollegeSaint Louis, Missouri49$45,0041 year out$55,037$9,50036Emily Griffith Technical CollegeDenver, Colorado87$44,9431 year out—$8,12537Blackhawk Technical CollegeJanesville, Wisconsin93$44,6981 year out$51,844—38Western Dakota Technical CollegeRapid City, South Dakota20$44,6141 year out$40,835$9,12539Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, Minnesota27$44,5591 year out$58,679$6,33340Ridgewater CollegeWillmar, Minnesota36$44,4211 year out$58,734$9,75041Tennessee College of Applied Technology-JacksonJackson, Tennessee87$43,8641 year out$47,215—42Advanced Technology InstituteVirginia Beach, Virginia39$43,6561 year out$38,446$12,67443Lake Superior CollegeDuluth, Minnesota31$43,6101 year out$59,897$13,35044Northeast Iowa Community CollegeCalmar, Iowa15$43,5881 year out$55,764$5,47945Waukesha County Technical CollegePewaukee, Wisconsin108$43,3801 year out$58,874$9,50046Modern Welding SchoolSchenectady, New York79$43,2461 year out$47,343$6,79047School of Automotive Machinists & TechnologyHouston, Texas23$43,0651 year out$47,651$16,35448Coastal Pines Technical CollegeWaycross, Georgia257$43,0401 year out$48,942—49Minnesota West Community and Technical CollegeGranite Falls, Minnesota35$42,8301 year out——50Tennessee College of Applied Technology-MurfreesboroMurfreesboro, Tennessee42$42,6881 year out——51Butler Technology and Career Development SchoolsMonroe, Ohio23$42,6251 year out—$6,32752San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas374$42,5121 year out$42,311—53Northwood Technical CollegeRice Lake, Wisconsin435$42,2821 year out$51,373$5,50054Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, Kentucky390$42,2331 year out—$9,04155Mountainland Technical CollegeLehi, Utah99$42,0321 year out$49,316—56Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana787$41,7671 year out$54,333$6,38757Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeSioux City, Iowa33$41,6131 year out—$7,91058Savannah Technical CollegeSavannah, Georgia211$41,6041 year out$44,468—59Manatee Technical CollegeBradenton, Florida57$41,6021 year out——60South Central CollegeNorth Mankato, Minnesota75$41,5271 year out$52,960$3,66661Palm Beach State CollegeLake Worth, Florida21$41,5181 year out$50,639—62Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin130$41,4211 year out$54,860$5,50063Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky178$41,4151 year out—$8,43964Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut167$41,3781 year out$53,598—65Perry Technical InstituteYakima, Washington36$41,3011 year out$47,070$8,39066Great Oaks Career CampusesCincinnati, Ohio25$41,2771 year out$40,878$6,07867Gadsden State Community CollegeGadsden, Alabama102$41,2521 year out$42,143—68Moraine Park Technical CollegeFond du Lac, Wisconsin111$41,0731 year out$52,016$7,00069Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas280$40,8631 year out$31,599$4,56270Pinellas Technical College-ClearwaterClearwater, Florida48$40,7951 year out$49,761—71Central Lakes College-BrainerdBrainerd, Minnesota31$40,6711 year out$59,736$5,50072Western Technical CollegeLa Crosse, Wisconsin44$40,6241 year out$51,221$5,50073Tennessee College of Applied Technology-ShelbyvilleShelbyville, Tennessee46$40,6051 year out$55,781—74Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia81$40,1241 year out$45,379—75Davidson-Davie Community CollegeThomasville, North Carolina67$39,9901 year out—$11,00076Fortis College-Cuyahoga FallsCuyahoga Falls, Ohio26$39,9901 year out$39,907—77Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCESLiverpool, New York47$39,7301 year out$47,169$8,32678Washburn Institute of TechnologyTopeka, Kansas116$39,7201 year out$42,628$6,64279Washburn UniversityTopeka, Kansas—$39,7201 year out$42,628$6,64280Ogden-Weber Technical CollegeOgden, Utah76$39,6991 year out$53,100—81Chattanooga State Community CollegeChattanooga, Tennessee—$39,6641 year out$45,429$4,61182The Fab SchoolRancho Cucamonga, California118$39,5921 year out$45,701$4,44983Orange Technical College-South CampusOrlando, Florida59$39,5391 year out——84Lincoln Technical Institute-East WindsorEast Windsor, Connecticut198$39,4081 year out$48,123$11,59785Lincoln College of Technology-ColumbiaColumbia, Maryland84$39,4081 year out$48,123$11,59786Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose ParkMelrose Park, Illinois41$39,4081 year out$48,123$11,59787Lincoln Technical Institute-New BritainNew Britain, Connecticut—$39,4081 year out$48,123$11,59788Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa321$39,3971 year out$52,978$5,50089Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical SchoolsGroveport, Ohio10$39,3281 year out$49,765$6,48590College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho112$39,3101 year out$47,339$7,00091Laurel Technical InstituteHermitage, Pennsylvania7$39,2871 year out$30,910—92Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia51$39,2731 year out——93Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas125$39,2611 year out$49,732$15,81894Universal Technical Institute-Dallas Fort WorthIrving, Texas211$39,1411 year out—$6,85595Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc.Houston, Texas133$39,1411 year out—$6,85596Universal Technical Institute-BloomfieldBloomfield, New Jersey80$39,1411 year out—$6,85597Universal Technical Institute-West TexasAustin, Texas76$39,1411 year out—$6,85598Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania IncExton, Pennsylvania41$39,1411 year out—$6,85599Tennessee College of Applied Technology-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee111$39,0541 year out——100Gordon Cooper Technology CenterShawnee, Oklahoma37$39,0181 year out$42,383—
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 (—).