2022 Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in Michigan

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 “Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in Michigan” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Michigan, there were 111 machine tool technology/machinist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 28 machine tool technology/machinist graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,205 and $16,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in Michigan” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in machine tool technology/machinist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent machine tool technology/machinist programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the machine tool technology/machinist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The machine tool tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in Michigan”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in Michigan.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Machine Tool Technology/Machinist in Michigan

#1

Grand Rapids Community College

Grand Rapids, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$8,684 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Rapids Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Grand Rapids Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It awarded 13 associates’s machine tool tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Grand Rapids Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Associate Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. It costs about $8,684 for Michigan Associate Degree Machine Tool Tech students per year to attend Grand Rapids Community College.

Read more about Machine Tool Technology/Machinist at Grand Rapids Community College

#2

Lansing Community College

Lansing, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$4,828 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lansing Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in Michigan list. Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s machine tool tech degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

LCC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Associate Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for LCC is $4,828 for Michigan Associate Degree Machine Tool Tech students.

Read more about Machine Tool Technology/Machinist at Lansing Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Machine Tool Technology/Machinist in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Machine Tool Technology/Machinist

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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