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2023 Best Value Precision Production Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$8,372 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,503 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Precision Production Undergraduate Certificate School for You

With 55,411 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, precision production is the #5 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.

The Best Value Precision Production Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for precision production students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Production Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for precision production majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Precision Production Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Bellingham Technical College to be the best value school for precision production students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Bellingham, Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute are $5,357 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Spokane Community College is a great value for precision production students working on their undergraduate certificate. Spokane Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Spokane.

Spokane Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,278 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Clover Park Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value precision production schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the small city of Lakewood, CPTC is a public school with a small student population.

CPTC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,979 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Lower Columbia College

Longview, WA

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Lower Columbia College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value precision production schools in the Far Western US Region . LCC is a small public school located in the city of Longview.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LCC are $5,514 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Washington Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Precision Production Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. LWTech is a small public school located in the large suburb of Kirkland.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LWTech are $10,390 a year.

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#6

Charter College

Vancouver, WA

With a ranking of #6, Charter College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for precision production students working on their undergraduate certificate. Charter College is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Vancouver.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Charter College are $16,784 a year.

Charter College also claimed a spot on our Best Precision Production Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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With a ranking of #7, Portland Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for precision production students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Portland Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,670 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Olympic College

Bremerton, WA

Olympic College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Precision Production Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. OC is a small public school located in the small city of Bremerton.

OC undergraduate students pay an average of $9,740 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, OC also did well on our Best Precision Production Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#9

Clark College

Vancouver, WA

Clark College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for precision production students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Clark College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Vancouver.

Clark College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,133 in tuition and fees each year.

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Linn-Benton Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Precision Production Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. LBCC is a small public school located in the city of Albany.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LBCC are $13,287 a year.

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Best Precision Production Colleges by State

Explore the best precision production colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Alaska 55
Hawaii 41
Washington 1,241
Oregon 399
California 2,521
Nevada 337

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 18 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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