2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Welding Technology/Welder (Income $0-$30k) in New York

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across New York, there were 343 welding technology/welder graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 88 welding technology/welder graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,640 and $14,770 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent welding technology/welder programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Welding Technology/Welder (Income $0-$30k) in New York

#1

Alfred State College

Alfred, New York

#1 in overall quality

$12,700 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Alfred State College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Alfred, New York, and it awarded 47 associates’s wielding degrees in 2019-2020.

Alfred State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in New York” list. It costs about $12,700 for new york associate degree wielding students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Alfred State College.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Welding Technology/Welder (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Welding Technology/Welder (Income $0-$30k)

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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