2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Metallurgical Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Metallurgical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 74 people earned their degree in metallurgical technology/technician, making the major the 1132nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 40 metallurgical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 19 metallurgical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Metallurgical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in metallurgical technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality metallurgical technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the metallurgical technology/technician program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Metallurgical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Metallurgical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree metallurgical tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Metallurgical Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$5,351 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houston Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Metallurgical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 7 associates’s metallurgical tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Houston Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Metallurgical Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $5,351 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Metallurgical Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Houston Community College.

Full Houston Community College Metallurgical Technology Report

#2

Kilgore College

Kilgore, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$7,255 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kilgore College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Metallurgical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Kilgore, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s metallurgical tech degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Kilgore College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Metallurgical Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Kilgore College is $7,255 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Metallurgical Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Metallurgical Technology at Kilgore College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Metallurgical Technology (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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