2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Watchmaking & Jewelrymaking

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Watchmaking and Jewelrymaking Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Watchmaking & Jewelrymaking is the 1300th most popular major in the country with 100 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 12 watchmaking and jewelrymaking graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Watchmaking and Jewelrymaking Major” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in watchmaking and jewelrymaking. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their watchmaking and jewelrymaking program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Watchmaking and Jewelrymaking Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree watchmaking and jewelrymaking students.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Watchmaking & Jewelrymaking

1

Paris Junior College
Paris, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Paris Junior College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Watchmaking and Jewelrymaking Major. This small school is located in Paris, Texas, and it awarded 8 associates’s watchmaking and jewelrymaking degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Paris Junior College Watchmaking & Jewelrymaking Report

2

North Seattle College
Seattle, Washington

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Watchmaking and Jewelrymaking Major that were part of this year’s ranking, North Seattle College landed the #2 spot on the list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s watchmaking and jewelrymaking degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Full North Seattle Watchmaking & Jewelrymaking Report

3

Austin Community College District
Austin, Texas

Top 15% overall quality in United States

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Watchmaking and Jewelrymaking Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified associates’s watchmaking and jewelrymaking students in 2020-2021.

Full Austin Community College District Watchmaking & Jewelrymaking Report

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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