Certificate Precision Metal Working Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings

Certificate Precision Metal Working Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings, ranked by median first-year earnings. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Precision Metal Working programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 299 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan$68,85291%1012$9k$55k47%8,10648 mi 2Idaho State UniversityPocatello, Idaho$64,581——$12k$46k39%7,583573 mi 3Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeBowling Green, Kentucky$58,996——$4k$34k58%3,308324 mi 4Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin$53,507——$11k$46k65%5,82529 mi 5Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky$53,172——$5k$36k59%4,088281 mi 6White Mountains Community CollegeBerlin, New Hampshire$53,066——$15k$35k62%45071 mi 7Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota$52,456——$10k$49k42%3,157130 mi 8Alexandria Technical & Community CollegeAlexandria, Minnesota$51,141——$14k$49k60%1,533167 mi 9Saint Paul CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota$50,842——$11k$38k40%3,813132 mi 10Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, Minnesota$50,464——$14k$52k58%2,168145 mi 11York Technical CollegeRock Hill, South Carolina$50,309——$6k$37k30%3,816146 mi 12St Cloud Technical and Community CollegeSaint Cloud, Minnesota$49,636——$10k$47k45%3,113128 mi 13Anoka Technical CollegeAnoka, Minnesota$49,632——$17k$48k66%1,684123 mi 14Minnesota State College SoutheastWinona, Minnesota$49,342——$16k$44k47%1,388181 mi 15Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin$48,638——$12k$46k50%4,272128 mi 16Lakeshore Technical CollegeCleveland, Wisconsin$48,619——$10k$47k50%1,8862 mi 17Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, Texas$48,263——$5k$41k32%7,399540 mi 18Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin$47,718——$10k$45k45%3,25783 mi 19Aims Community CollegeGreeley, Colorado$47,680——$11k$42k40%3,635769 mi 20Midlands Technical CollegeWest Columbia, South Carolina$47,556——$5k$39k18%7,56499 mi 21Welder Training and Testing InstituteAllentown, Pennsylvania$47,528——$23k$56k85%5548 mi 22Arkansas Northeastern CollegeBlytheville, Arkansas$47,110——$5k$33k49%756373 mi 23Lively Technical CollegeTallahassee, Florida$46,499——$10k$30k51%76225 mi 24Lancaster County Career and Technology CenterWillow Street, Pennsylvania$46,331——$18k$45k91%27931 mi 25Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky$46,133——$6k$36k43%8,244247 mi 26Marshalltown Community CollegeMarshalltown, Iowa$45,972——$8k$41k42%788261 mi 27Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California$45,864——$3k$44k31%22,48510 mi 28Lynnes Welding TrainingFargo, North Dakota$45,833——$23k—98%55223 mi 29Hawkeye Community CollegeWaterloo, Iowa$45,509——$10k$43k43%2,626229 mi 30North Georgia Technical CollegeClarkesville, Georgia$45,472——$4k$33k39%1,910212 mi 31Bevill State Community CollegeJasper, Alabama$45,423——$6k$34k38%2,177219 mi 32Hobart Institute of Welding TechnologyTroy, Ohio$45,370——$21k$61k90%356115 mi 33Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeOwensboro, Kentucky$45,366——$6k$36k54%2,648270 mi 34Davis Technical CollegeKaysville, Utah$45,350——$13k$42k57%3,027548 mi 35Ranken Technical CollegeSaint Louis, Missouri$45,004——$19k$56k53%1,780255 mi 36Emily Griffith Technical CollegeDenver, Colorado$44,943——$7k$35k97%6,123745 mi 37Blackhawk Technical CollegeJanesville, Wisconsin$44,698——$9k$42k34%2,48861 mi 38Western Dakota Technical CollegeRapid City, South Dakota$44,614——$13k$40k54%753567 mi 39Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, Minnesota$44,55999%1120$27k$62k66%1,533135 mi 40Ridgewater CollegeWillmar, Minnesota$44,421——$10k$44k50%2,162181 mi 41Tennessee College of Applied Technology-JacksonJackson, Tennessee$43,864——$8k$38k80%563340 mi 42Advanced Technology InstituteVirginia Beach, Virginia$43,65654%—$16k$46k79%4156 mi 43Lake Superior CollegeDuluth, Minnesota$43,610——$15k$46k42%2,4712 mi 44Northeast Iowa Community CollegeCalmar, Iowa$43,588——$11k$41k51%1,697199 mi 45Waukesha County Technical CollegePewaukee, Wisconsin$43,380——$11k$47k44%4,95518 mi 46Modern Welding SchoolSchenectady, New York$43,246——$23k$49k94%58101 mi 47School of Automotive Machinists & TechnologyHouston, Texas$43,06569%—$28k$58k93%8826 mi 48Coastal Pines Technical CollegeWaycross, Georgia$43,040——-$126$30k48%1,64852 mi 49Minnesota West Community and Technical CollegeGranite Falls, Minnesota$42,830——$11k$45k52%1,762214 mi 50Tennessee College of Applied Technology-MurfreesboroMurfreesboro, Tennessee$42,688——$7k$41k76%709364 mi 51Butler Technology and Career Development SchoolsMonroe, Ohio$42,625———$57k76%596157 mi 52San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas$42,512——$12k$43k30%22,9695 mi 53Northwood Technical CollegeRice Lake, Wisconsin$42,282——$9k$43k56%2,14984 mi 54Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, Kentucky$42,233——$6k$36k59%3,167192 mi 55Mountainland Technical CollegeLehi, Utah$42,032———$32k84%2,774538 mi 56Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana$41,767——$7k$37k41%58,267138 mi 57Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeSioux City, Iowa$41,613——$9k$40k50%2,647361 mi 58Savannah Technical CollegeSavannah, Georgia$41,604——$6k$33k42%3,3667 mi 59Manatee Technical CollegeBradenton, Florida$41,602——$2k$38k64%1,4867 mi 60South Central CollegeNorth Mankato, Minnesota$41,527——$9k$45k39%1,946201 mi 61Palm Beach State CollegeLake Worth, Florida$41,518——$9k$42k41%21,9563 mi 62Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin$41,421——$10k$45k51%5,7045 mi 63Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky$41,415——$4k$31k43%4,166315 mi 64Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut$41,378——$12k$41k24%33,64531 mi 65Perry Technical InstituteYakima, Washington$41,301——$20k$58k79%1,072100 mi 66Great Oaks Career CampusesCincinnati, Ohio$41,277——$12k$55k90%142166 mi 67Gadsden State Community CollegeGadsden, Alabama$41,252——$4k$33k38%3,548241 mi 68Moraine Park Technical CollegeFond du Lac, Wisconsin$41,073——$9k$44k58%2,46434 mi 69Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas$40,863——$11k$42k21%45,18840 mi 70Pinellas Technical College-ClearwaterClearwater, Florida$40,795——$22k$35k52%7321 mi 71Central Lakes College-BrainerdBrainerd, Minnesota$40,671——$14k$42k53%1,614104 mi 72Western Technical CollegeLa Crosse, Wisconsin$40,624——$11k$45k34%3,183167 mi 73Tennessee College of Applied Technology-ShelbyvilleShelbyville, Tennessee$40,605——$8k$39k81%412339 mi 74Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia$40,124——$7k$45k32%8,728210 mi 75Davidson-Davie Community CollegeThomasville, North Carolina$39,990——$9k$36k46%2,633164 mi 76Fortis College-Cuyahoga FallsCuyahoga Falls, Ohio$39,990——$23k$35k47%58328 mi 77Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCESLiverpool, New York$39,730——$19k$41k73%35430 mi 78Washburn UniversityTopeka, Kansas$39,720——$15k$50k53%4,562468 mi 79Washburn Institute of TechnologyTopeka, Kansas$39,720——$9k$50k68%615470 mi 80Ogden-Weber Technical CollegeOgden, Utah$39,699——$3k$35k53%2,928552 mi 81Chattanooga State Community CollegeChattanooga, Tennessee$39,664——$5k$38k26%5,284307 mi 82The Fab SchoolRancho Cucamonga, California$39,592——$38k—95%16138 mi 83Orange Technical College-South CampusOrlando, Florida$39,539——$9k$33k35%1,12438 mi 84Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose ParkMelrose Park, Illinois$39,408——$26k$39k68%1,53910 mi 85Lincoln College of Technology-ColumbiaColumbia, Maryland$39,408——$34k$39k68%1,25813 mi 86Lincoln Technical Institute-East WindsorEast Windsor, Connecticut$39,408——$27k$39k62%1,00840 mi 87Lincoln Technical Institute-New BritainNew Britain, Connecticut$39,408——$33k$39k65%92826 mi 88Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa$39,397——$11k$41k39%10,446300 mi 89Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical SchoolsGroveport, Ohio$39,328——$16k$44k81%115106 mi 90College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho$39,310——$9k—31%6,459371 mi 91Laurel Technical InstituteHermitage, Pennsylvania$39,28785%—$7k$28k73%16352 mi 92Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia$39,273——$5k$41k38%5,7927 mi 93Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas$39,261——$6k$43k20%30,189127 mi 94Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc.Houston, Texas$39,141——$23k$51k60%2,63227 mi 95Universal Technical Institute-Dallas Fort WorthIrving, Texas$39,141——$26k$51k75%1,610249 mi 96Universal Technical Institute-BloomfieldBloomfield, New Jersey$39,141——$28k$51k67%1,4289 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.