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2022 Best Vallue Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

8 Ranked Colleges
99 Degrees Awarded
$11,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 3,710 people earned their degree in machine tool technology/machinist, making the major the 449th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 387 machine tool technology/machinist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 99 machine tool technology/machinist graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in machine tool technology/machinist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality machine tool technology/machinist programs that also have a lower cost than 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 machine tool technology/machinist program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree machine tool tech students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Machine Tool Technology/Machinist (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Vallue Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Central New Mexico Community College is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s machine tool tech degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CNM, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $3,429 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Machine Tool Tech students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Central New Mexico Community College.

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#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Vallue Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas State Technical College is located in Waco, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 associates’s machine tool tech degrees to qualified students.

TSTC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for TSTC is $10,114 for southwest region associate degree machine tool tech students whose families make more than $110k.

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#3

Del Mar College

Corpus Christi, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Del Mar College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Del Mar College is a fairly large public school situated in Corpus Christi, Texas. It awarded 5 associates’s machine tool tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree machine tool tech students whose families make more than $110k list, DMC has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Del Mar College is $5,738 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Machine Tool Tech students whose families make more than $110k.

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#4

Odessa College

Odessa, Texas
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Odessa College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Odessa College is a medium-sized school located in Odessa, Texas that handed out 4 associates’s machine tool tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Odessa College, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,963 for southwest region associate degree machine tool tech students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Odessa College.

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#5

Amarillo College

Amarillo, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Amarillo College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Amarillo, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified associates’s machine tool tech students in 2019-2020.

Amarillo College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Amarillo College is $5,578 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Machine Tool Tech students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Amarillo College Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Report

#6

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Pima Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Vallue Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s machine tool tech degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pima County Community College District, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pima County Community College District is $3,583 for southwest region associate degree machine tool tech students whose families make more than $110k.

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#7

St Philip's College

San Antonio, Texas
#5 in overall quality

St Philip’s College did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #7. St Philip’s College is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

St Philip’s College also made our “Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for St Philip’s College is $6,250 for southwest region associate degree machine tool tech students whose families make more than $110k.

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#8

Grayson College

Denison, Texas
#9 in overall quality

Grayson College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Located in Denison, Texas, this small public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s machine tool tech students in 2019-2020.

Grayson College also made our “Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #9. It costs about $7,877 for southwest region associate degree machine tool tech students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Grayson College.

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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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