2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Sheet Metal Technology/Sheetworking

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Sheet Metal Tech Schools for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 314 people earned their degree in sheet metal technology/sheetworking, making the major the 988th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 53 sheet metal technology/sheetworking graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sheet Metal Tech Schools for an Associate” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in sheet metal technology/sheetworking. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality sheet metal technology/sheetworking 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 sheet metal technology/sheetworking 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 Sheet Metal Tech Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sheet Metal Tech Schools for an Associate.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Sheet Metal Technology/Sheetworking

#1

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$6,919 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ivy Tech Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Sheet Metal Tech Schools for an Associate. Ivy Tech Community College is a large school located in Indianapolis, Indiana that handed out 28 associates’s sheet metal tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Ivy Tech Community College also made our “Best Sheet Metal Technology/Sheetworking Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Ivy Tech Community College is $6,919 for associate degree sheet metal tech students.

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#2

Saint Paul College

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#3 in overall quality

$11,613 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Paul College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Sheet Metal Tech Schools for an Associate. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified associates’s sheet metal tech students in 2019-2020.

Saint Paul College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Sheet Metal Technology/Sheetworking Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $11,613 for associate degree sheet metal tech students per year to attend Saint Paul College.

Full Saint Paul College Sheet Metal Technology/Sheetworking Report

#3

Vincennes University

Vincennes, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$10,845 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Sheet Metal Tech Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Vincennes University landed the #3 spot on the list. Vincennes University is a fairly large school located in Vincennes, Indiana that handed out 1 associates’s sheet metal tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Vincennes University also made our “Best Sheet Metal Technology/Sheetworking Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $10,845 for associate degree sheet metal tech students per year to attend Vincennes University.

Full Vincennes University Sheet Metal Technology/Sheetworking 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

• *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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