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Best Value Precision Metal Working Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

2023 Best Value Precision Metal Working Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,971 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,468 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Precision Metal Working Associate Degree School for You

In 2021-2022, precision metal working students earned 2,199 degrees and certificates from an Illinois school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Precision Metal Working Associate Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for precision metal working students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Precision Metal Working Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Precision Metal Working Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Precision Metal Working

Our 2023 rankings named Southwestern Illinois College the best value school in Illinois for precision metal working students working on their associate degree. SWIC is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Belleville.

SWIC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,390 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Precision Metal Working at Southwestern Illinois College Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lewis and Clark Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Precision Metal Working Associate Degree Schools in Illinois list. Lewis and Clark Community College is a small public school located in the small suburb of Godfrey.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lewis and Clark Community College are $9,552 a year.

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Best Value Precision Metal Working Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Precision Metal Working Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 689
Indiana 1,142
Wisconsin 1,822
Ohio 1,572

Precision Metal Working is one of 5 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Precision Metal Working Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Welding Technology/Welder 46,029
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist 3,181
Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) Machinist Technology/CNC Machinist 2,275
Machine Shop Technology/Assistant 1,588
Tool & Die Technology/Technician 541
Metal Fabricator 413
Sheet Metal Technology/Sheetworking 319
Ironworking/Ironworker 226
Other Precision Metal Working 218

Related Major Annual Graduates
Woodworking 435
Other Precision Production 67
Leatherworking & Upholstery 46
Precision Production Trades 44
Boilermaking 29

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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