2022 Best Value Precision Systems Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Precision Systems Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Precision Systems Maintenance is the 246th most popular major in the country with 1,310 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, precision systems maintenance graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,243 and had an average of $14,807 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 787 precision systems maintenance graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,750 and $16,679 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 437 precision systems maintenance graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Precision Systems Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in precision systems maintenance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent precision systems maintenance programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the precision systems maintenance program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Precision Systems Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Precision Systems Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Precision Systems Maintenance in the Southwest Region

#1

Sonoran Desert Institute

Scottsdale, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$14,802 Average Net Price

$44,077 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sonoran Desert Institute. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Precision Systems Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Sonoran Desert Institute is a private for-profit institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 418 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Sonoran Desert Institute, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Precision Systems Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Sonoran Desert Institute is $14,802 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Precision Systems students.

Full Sonoran Desert Institute Precision Systems Maintenance Report

#2

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$6,861 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Precision Systems Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Austin Community College District is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 2 associates’s precision systems degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree precision systems students list, Austin Community College District has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Precision Systems Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $6,861 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Precision Systems students.

Full Austin Community College District Precision Systems Maintenance Report

#3

Yavapai College

Prescott, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$6,965 Average Net Price

$30,771 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Precision Systems Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Yavapai College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Prescott, Arizona, this medium-sized public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified associates’s precision systems students in 2019-2020.

Yavapai College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Precision Systems Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Yavapai College is $6,965 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Precision Systems students.

Full Yavapai College Precision Systems Maintenance Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Precision Systems Maintenance

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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