2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Gunsmithing/Gunsmith in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Gunsmithing/Gunsmith Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,552 people earned their degree in gunsmithing/gunsmith, making the major the 456th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,176 gunsmithing/gunsmith graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 717 gunsmithing/gunsmith graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Gunsmithing/Gunsmith Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in gunsmithing/gunsmith. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in gunsmithing/gunsmith.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Gunsmithing/Gunsmith Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree gunsmithing/gunsmith students.

Top 3 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Gunsmithing/Gunsmith in the Southwest Region

1

Sonoran Desert Institute
Scottsdale, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sonoran Desert Institute. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Gunsmithing/Gunsmith Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate list. Sonoran Desert Institute is a private for-profit institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 650 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Gunsmithing/Gunsmith at Sonoran Desert Institute

2

Murray State College
Tishomingo, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Murray State College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Gunsmithing/Gunsmith Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate list. This small school is located in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, and it awarded 55 associates’s gunsmithing/gunsmith degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Gunsmithing/Gunsmith at Murray State College

3

Yavapai College
Prescott, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yavapai College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Gunsmithing/Gunsmith Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate list. Yavapai College is located in Prescott, Arizona and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 associates’s gunsmithing/gunsmith degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Gunsmithing/Gunsmith at Yavapai College

• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Gunsmithing/Gunsmith

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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