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Most Popular Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in West Virginia

2023 Most Popular Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in West Virginia

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$33,503 Avg Salary
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Finding the Best Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate School for You

With 86 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, precision metal working is the #12 most popular major in West Virginia.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in West Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in West Virginia to see which undergraduate certificate programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Precision Metal Working program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found New River Community and Technical College to be the most popular school for precision metal working students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in West Virginia. Located in the small suburb of Beaver, New River Community and Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

About 20% of the students majoring in precision metal working at the school are women while 80% are male.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at West Virginia University at Parkersburg helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular precision metal working schools in West Virginia. Located in the suburb of Parkersburg, West Virginia University at Parkersburg is a public college with a small student population.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Ben Franklin Career Center helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular precision metal working schools in West Virginia. Located in the suburb of Dunbar, Ben Franklin Career Center is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 7% of the precision metal working majors at the school.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at West Virginia Northern Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular precision metal working schools in West Virginia. Located in the city of Wheeling, WVNCC is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 50% of the precision metal working majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Academy of Careers and Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in West Virginia list. Academy of Careers and Technology is a fairly small public school located in the city of Beckley.

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Cabell County Career Technology Center ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the midsize suburb of Huntington, Cabell County Career Technology Center is a public school with a fairly small student population.

About 11% of the students majoring in precision metal working at the school are women while 89% are male.

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With a ranking of #6, Mountwest Community and Technical College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for precision metal working students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Huntington, MCTC is a public college with a small student population.

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BridgeValley Community & Technical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in West Virginia ranking. BridgeValley Community & Technical College is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of South Charleston.

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Best Precision Metal Working Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Precision Metal Working Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 1,205
Georgia 2,949
Arkansas 1,445
North Carolina 3,123
Florida 2,081
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

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 8 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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