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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Machine Shop Technology/Assistant in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

8 Ranked Colleges
91 Degrees Awarded
$5,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer 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.

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 machine shop technology/assistant program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Machine Shop Technology/Assistant in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Asheville, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s machine shop tech degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

A-B Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $7,318 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Machine Shop Tech students with aid per year to attend A-B Tech.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Elizabethtown Community and Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. This medium-sized school is located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and it awarded 8 associates’s machine shop tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree machine shop tech students with aid list, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is $5,684 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Machine Shop Tech students with aid.

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#3

Wayne Community College

Goldsboro, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Goldsboro, North Carolina, this small public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s machine shop tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wayne Community College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wayne Community College is $2,315 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Machine Shop Tech students with aid.

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#5 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Owensboro Community and Technical College landed the #4 spot on the list. 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.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree machine shop tech students with aid list, Owensboro Community and Technical College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $5,308 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Machine Shop Tech students with aid per year to attend Owensboro Community and Technical College.

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#5

Guilford Technical Community College

Jamestown, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Guilford Technical Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Guilford Technical Community College is a public institution located in Jamestown, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Guilford Technical Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $8,584 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Machine Shop Tech students with aid per year to attend Guilford Technical Community College.

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#6 in overall quality

Maysville Community and Technical College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Machine Shop Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Maysville Community and Technical College is a small school located in Maysville, Kentucky that handed out 5 associates’s machine shop tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Maysville Community and Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Maysville Community and Technical College is $5,362 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Machine Shop Tech students with aid.

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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 Getting Aid list. Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a fairly large public school situated in Lexington, Kentucky. It awarded 10 associates’s machine shop tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Bluegrass Community and Technical College also took the #7 spot in our “Best Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bluegrass Community and Technical College is $6,082 for southeast region associate degree machine shop tech students with aid.

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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 Getting Aid ranking. Located in Paducah, Kentucky, this small public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s machine shop tech students in 2019-2020.

West Kentucky Community and Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for West Kentucky Community and Technical College is $5,467 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Machine Shop Tech students with aid.

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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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