2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Welding Technology/Welder in Arizona

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Wielding Schools for an Associate in Arizona” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Arizona, there were 845 welding technology/welder graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 44 welding technology/welder graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,749 and $17,785 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Arizona” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the welding technology/welder program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The wielding school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Arizona”.

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Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Arizona

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Arizona.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Welding Technology/Welder in Arizona

#1

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$3,583 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Arizona list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this fairly large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified associates’s wielding students in 2019-2020.

Pima County Community College District also took the #1 spot in our “Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Pima County Community College District is $3,583 for arizona associate degree wielding students.

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#2

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$9,669 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mesa Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Arizona list. Mesa Community College is a public institution located in Mesa, Arizona. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The estimated yearly cost for Mesa Community College is $9,669 for arizona associate degree wielding 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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