Precision Systems Maintenance is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #94 most popular associate degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Precision Systems Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 54 associate degrees in precision systems maintenance during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Precision Systems Maintenance School for Your Associate Degree
The precision systems associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average Early-Career Salaries
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on precision systems maintenance students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other precision systems maintenance students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for precision systems maintenance to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized precision systems maintenance related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for precision systems maintenance students working on their associate degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Precision Systems Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Featured Precision Systems Maintenance Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Marshalltown Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in precision systems maintenance. Located in the rural area of Marshalltown, Marshalltown Community College is a public college with a small student population.
Associate graduates who receive their degree from the precision systems program earn an average of $32,037 for their early career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).