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Best Precision Production Trade Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Best Precision Production Trade Schools in the Southwest Region

43 Colleges
$34,061 Avg Salary
$10,295 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Precision Production School for You

In 2021-2022, 55,411 precision production students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #5 most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right 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. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Precision Production Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 43 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best programs for trade school students.

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2023 Best Precision Production Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Precision Production Colleges.

Top 10 Best Precision Production Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Lincoln College of Technology - Grand Prairie the best school in the Southwest Region for precision production students. Located in the large suburb of Grand Prairie, Lincoln Tech - Grand Prairie is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Out of the 43 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona Automotive Institute landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Glendale, Arizona Automotive Institute is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend School of Automotive Machinists & Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Precision Production Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. School of Automotive Machinists & Technology is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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The excellent programs at South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Corpus Christi helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best precision production schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Corpus Christi, South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Corpus Christi is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Precision Production Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Weslaco.

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Tulsa Technology Center came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Precision Production Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Tulsa, Tulsa Tech is a public college with a small student population.

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Texas State Technical College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Precision Production Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. TSTC is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Waco.

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South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-San Antonio came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Precision Production Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. South Texas Vo-Tech is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of San Antonio.

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With a ranking of #9, Austin Community College District did quite well on this year’s best schools for precision production students. Austin Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

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With a ranking of #10, Tulsa Welding School-Houston did quite well on this year’s best schools for precision production students. TWS is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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Best Precision Production Colleges by State

Explore the best precision production schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 930
Texas 7,032
New Mexico 240
Oklahoma 1,723

Precision Production Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Precision Metal Working 54,790
Woodworking 435
Other Precision Production 67
Leatherworking & Upholstery 46
Precision Production Trades 44
Boilermaking 29

Related Major Annual Graduates
Personal & Culinary Services 149,352
Mechanic & Repair Technologies 105,741
Construction Trades 40,802
Transportation & Materials Moving 33,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

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