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2022 Best Value Precision Metal Working Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

5 Ranked Colleges
84 Degrees Awarded
$10,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Precision Metal Working Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

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In 2019-2020, 51,096 people earned their degree in precision metal working, making the major the 123rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, precision metal working graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,483 and had an average of $10,016 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 688 precision metal working graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,022 and $8,562 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 84 precision metal working graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Precision Metal Working Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in precision metal working. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality precision metal working programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the precision metal working 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 Precision Metal Working Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Precision Metal Working Schools for an Associate in the New England Region.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Precision Metal Working in the New England Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Maine Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Precision Metal Working Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Auburn, Maine, and it awarded 11 associates’s precision metal working degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Maine Technical College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Precision Metal Working Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Central Maine Technical College is $7,029 for new england region associate degree precision metal working students.

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#2

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Precision Metal Working Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. South Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s precision metal working degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMCC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Precision Metal Working Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $10,647 for New England Region Associate Degree Precision Metal Working students per year to attend SMCC.

Read more about Precision Metal Working at Southern Maine Community College

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Precision Metal Working Schools for an Associate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Maine Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Eastern Maine Community College is a public institution located in Bangor, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Maine Community College also made our “Best Precision Metal Working Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Maine Community College is $10,259 for new england region associate degree precision metal working students.

Read more about Precision Metal Working at Eastern Maine Community College

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennebec Valley Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Precision Metal Working Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. Kennebec Valley Community College is a public institution located in Fairfield, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Kennebec Valley Community College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Precision Metal Working Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Kennebec Valley Community College is $7,693 for New England Region Associate Degree Precision Metal Working students.

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#5

Nashua Community College

Nashua, New Hampshire

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Precision Metal Working Schools for an Associate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Nashua Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Nashua, New Hampshire, this small public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified associates’s precision metal working students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Nashua Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Precision Metal Working Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Nashua Community College is $14,278 for New England Region Associate Degree Precision Metal Working students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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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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