2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Machine Tool Technology/Machinist in Pennsylvania

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Machine Tool Technology/Machinist is the 449th most popular major in the country with 3,710 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 63 machine tool technology/machinist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 46 machine tool technology/machinist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania” 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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Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania associate degree machine tool tech students.

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

#1

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$8,108 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a public institution located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is $8,108 for pennsylvania associate degree machine tool tech students.

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#2

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$25,794 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania list. Pennsylvania College of Technology is a small public school situated in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It awarded 9 associates’s machine tool tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Penn College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Pennsylvania College of Technology is $25,794 for Pennsylvania Associate Degree Machine Tool Tech students.

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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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