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2022 Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
72 Degrees Awarded
$7,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Welding Technology/Welder is the 194th most popular major in the country with 40,882 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Oregon, there were 332 welding technology/welder graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 72 welding technology/welder graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in welding technology/welder. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great welding technology/welder programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the welding technology/welder program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon associate degree wielding students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Welding Technology/Welder (Income $0-$30k) in Oregon

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Treasure Valley Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Ontario, Oregon, this small public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s wielding students in 2019-2020.

Treasure Valley Community College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Treasure Valley Community College is $6,653 for oregon associate degree wielding students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Welding Technology/Welder at Treasure Valley Community College

#2

Portland Community College

Portland, Oregon
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k list. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s wielding degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Portland Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Portland Community College is $7,669 for Oregon Associate Degree Wielding students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Portland Community College Welding Technology/Welder Report

#3

Lane Community College

Eugene, Oregon
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lane Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Eugene, Oregon, this medium-sized public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified associates’s wielding students in 2019-2020.

Lane Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The estimated yearly cost for Lane Community College is $8,475 for oregon associate degree wielding students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Linn-Benton Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Albany, Oregon, this small public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified associates’s wielding students in 2019-2020.

LBCC also made our “Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $7,320 for oregon associate degree wielding students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend LBCC.

Full LBCC Welding Technology/Welder Report

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Oregon Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Coos Bay, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s wielding degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

SWOCC also took the #5 spot in our “Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SWOCC is $7,020 for Oregon Associate Degree Wielding students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Welding Technology/Welder at SWOCC

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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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