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Best Value Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Best Value Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

52 Colleges
$5,721 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,503 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate School for You

With 54,790 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, precision metal working is the #7 most popular major in the United States.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 52 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for precision metal working students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the precision metal working undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Central Louisiana Technical Community College the best value school in the Southeast Region for precision metal working students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the small city of Alexandria, Central Louisiana Technical Community College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Central Louisiana Technical Community College are $4,098 a year. The average amount in student loans that precision metal working majors at Central Louisiana Technical Community College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $6,840.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Coastal Pines Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the town of Waycross, Coastal Pines Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Coastal Pines Technical College are $4,906 a year.

Coastal Pines Technical College also claimed a spot on our Best Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend South Louisiana Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette, South Louisiana Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at South Louisiana Community College are $4,205 a year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, precision metal working majors at South Louisiana Community College accumulate an average of around $7,017 in student debt.

South Louisiana Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the rural area of Minden, NLTCC is a public school with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NLTCC are $4,109 per year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Georgia Northwestern Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value precision metal working schools in the Southeast Region . Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Rome.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Georgia Northwestern Technical College are $5,512 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Georgia Northwestern Technical College also is in the top 10% of our Best Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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North Georgia Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for precision metal working students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. North Georgia Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Clarkesville.

North Georgia Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,472 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, GA

Gwinnett Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for precision metal working students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Lawrenceville, GTC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at GTC are $5,686 a year. On average, precision metal working graduates from GTC take out $8,671 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Northshore Technical Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate precision metal working programs. Located in the rural area of Lacombe, Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus are $4,203 a year. Precision Metal Working majors at Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus take out an average of $11,363 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Augusta Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for precision metal working students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Augusta Technical College is a small public school located in the city of Augusta.

Augusta Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,662 in tuition and fees each year.

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West Georgia Technical College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. West Georgia Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Waco.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at West Georgia Technical College are $5,522 per year.

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Best Precision Metal Working Colleges by State

Explore the best precision metal working schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 1,205
Georgia 2,949
Arkansas 1,445
North Carolina 3,123
Florida 2,081
West Virginia 86
Louisiana 1,496
Virginia 812
Alabama 1,170
Kentucky 3,549
Tennessee 1,281
Mississippi 815

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

Majors Similar to Precision Metal Working

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 26 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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