2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engine Machinist (Income $75-$110k)

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 Engine Machinist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Engine Machinist is the 1203rd most popular major in the country with 96 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 19 engine machinist graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engine Machinist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engine machinist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engine machinist programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engine machinist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Engine Machinist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engine Machinist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engine Machinist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engine Machinist (Income $75-$110k)

#1

Lake Area Technical Institute

Watertown, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$15,407 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engine Machinist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lake Area Technical Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Watertown, South Dakota, this small public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified associates’s engine machinist students in 2019-2020.

LATI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engine Machinist Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Lake Area Technical Institute is $15,407 for Associate Degree Engine Machinist students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Engine Machinist at LATI

#2

School of Automotive Machinists & Technology

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$30,266 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engine Machinist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, School of Automotive Machinists & Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. School of Automotive Machinists & Technology is a small school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 16 associates’s engine machinist degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree engine machinist students whose families make $75-$110k list, School of Automotive Machinists & Technology has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Engine Machinist Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $30,266 for Associate Degree Engine Machinist students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend School of Automotive Machinists & Technology.

With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Engine Machinist at School of Automotive Machinists & Technology

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.

Credits

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