2022 Best Value Metallurgical Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Metallurgical Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 74 people earned their degree in metallurgical technology/technician, making the major the 1132nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 40 metallurgical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Metallurgical Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in metallurgical technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality metallurgical technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the metallurgical technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Metallurgical Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Metallurgical Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Metallurgical Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Metallurgical Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$4,562 Average Net Price

$36,253 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Metallurgical Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Houston Community College is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 17 ’s metallurgical tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Houston Community College also made our “Best Metallurgical Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Houston Community College is $4,562 for southwest region metallurgical tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Metallurgical Technology at Houston Community College

#2

Kilgore College

Kilgore, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$6,668 Average Net Price

$39,400 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Metallurgical Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kilgore College landed the #2 spot on the list. Kilgore, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s metallurgical tech degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

Kilgore College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Metallurgical Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $6,668 for Southwest Region Metallurgical Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Kilgore College.

Read full report on Metallurgical Technology at Kilgore College

• Best Value Colleges for Metallurgical Technology (Income $0-$30k)

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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