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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Machine Shop Technology/Assistant (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

8 Ranked Colleges
91 Degrees Awarded
$10,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Machine Shop Technology/Assistant is the 617th most popular major in the country with 2,373 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,457 machine shop technology/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 91 machine shop technology/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in machine shop technology/assistant. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality machine shop technology/assistant programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the machine shop technology/assistant program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Machine Shop Technology/Assistant (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Wayne Community College

Goldsboro, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Wayne Community College is a public institution located in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne Community College also made our “Best Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Wayne Community College is $7,100 for southeast region associate degree machine shop tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Elizabethtown, Kentucky is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s machine shop tech degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is $9,384 for southeast region associate degree machine shop tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. A-B Tech is located in Asheville, North Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s machine shop tech degrees to qualified students.

A-B Tech also made our “Best Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend A-B Tech is $12,540 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Machine Shop Tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Owensboro Community and Technical College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Owensboro Community and Technical College is located in Owensboro, Kentucky and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 associates’s machine shop tech degrees to qualified students.

Owensboro Community and Technical College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Owensboro Community and Technical College is $9,028 for southeast region associate degree machine shop tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maysville Community and Technical College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Maysville Community and Technical College is a small public school situated in Maysville, Kentucky. It awarded 5 associates’s machine shop tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Maysville Community and Technical College also made our “Best Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Maysville Community and Technical College is $9,595 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Machine Shop Tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#6

Guilford Technical Community College

Jamestown, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

Guilford Technical Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Guilford Technical Community College is located in Jamestown, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 associates’s machine shop tech degrees to qualified students.

Guilford Technical Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $12,580 for southeast region associate degree machine shop tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Guilford Technical Community College.

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#7 in overall quality

Bluegrass Community and Technical College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this fairly large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified associates’s machine shop tech students in 2019-2020.

Bluegrass Community and Technical College also made our “Best Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for Bluegrass Community and Technical College is $10,112 for southeast region associate degree machine shop tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#8 in overall quality

West Kentucky Community and Technical College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a small public school situated in Paducah, Kentucky. It awarded 3 associates’s machine shop tech degrees in 2019-2020.

West Kentucky Community and Technical College also took the #8 spot in our “Best Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $9,891 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Machine Shop Tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend West Kentucky Community and Technical College.

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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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