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Best Value Precision Production Associate Degree Schools in Iowa

2023 Best Value Precision Production Associate Degree Schools in Iowa

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$5,895 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,299 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Precision Production Associate Degree School for You

Precision Production is one of the most popular subjects to study in Iowa. With 737 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

The Best Value Precision Production Associate Degree Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Iowa to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for precision production students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Precision Production Associate Degree Schools in Iowa

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

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Precision Production

Our analysis found Hawkeye Community College to be the best value school for precision production students who want to pursue a associate degree in Iowa. Hawkeye Community College is a small public school located in the small city of Waterloo.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Hawkeye Community College are $6,090 a year.

Hawkeye Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Precision Production Associate Degree Trade Schools in Iowa list.

Full Precision Production at Hawkeye Community College Report

The excellent associate degree programs at Des Moines Area Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value precision production schools in Iowa. DMACC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Ankeny.

DMACC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,340 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Indian Hills Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value precision production schools in Iowa. Located in the town of Ottumwa, IHCC is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at IHCC are $4,680 a year.

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#4

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, IA

The excellent associate degree programs at Kirkwood Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value precision production schools in Iowa. Kirkwood Community College is a large public school located in the city of Cedar Rapids.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Kirkwood Community College are $5,700 per year.

Kirkwood Community College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Precision Production Associate Degree Trade Schools in Iowa list.

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Best Value Precision Production Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Precision Production Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,057
Minnesota 967
South Dakota 106
North Dakota 185
Missouri 607
Nebraska 453

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

Majors Similar to Precision Production

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 4 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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