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2025 Best Precision Metal Working Schools in Missouri

3 Colleges in Missouri
571 Precision Metal Working Degrees Awarded
$36,824 Avg Early-Career Salary
Precision Metal Working is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #131 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Missouri to determine which ones were the best for precision metal working students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 571 degrees in precision metal working annually.

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Choosing a Great Precision Metal Working School

Best Precision Metal Working Schools in Missouri The precision metal working program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Precision Metal Working rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for precision metal working schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

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Associate Degrees in Precision Metal Working

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 Precision Metal Working Schools in Missouri list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Precision Metal Working in Missouri

The schools below may not offer all types of precision metal working degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Missouri Schools in Precision Metal Working

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Ranken Technical College
Saint Louis, MO
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
65 Precision Metal Working Degrees Awarded
$44,571 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Ranken Technical College if you want to pursue a degree in precision metal working. Ranken Technical College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Saint Louis. A Best Colleges rank of #71 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Ranken Technical College is a great college overall.

There were approximately 65 precision metal working students who graduated with this degree at Ranken Technical College in the most recent data year. Precision Metal Working degree recipients from Ranken Technical College get an earnings boost of approximately $7,748 over the typical earnings of precision metal working graduates.

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
58 Precision Metal Working Degrees Awarded
$47,325 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat State Technical College of Missouri if you want to pursue a degree in precision metal working. STC is a small public college located in the rural area of Linn. This college ranks 8th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.

There were about 58 precision metal working students who graduated with this degree at STC in the most recent data year. Precision Metal Working degree recipients from State Technical College of Missouri earn a boost of approximately $10,501 above the typical income of precision metal working majors.

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
70 Precision Metal Working Degrees Awarded
$39,821 Median Starting Salary

Ozarks Technical Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in precision metal working. Located in the city of Springfield, OTC is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 32nd out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.

There were approximately 70 precision metal working students who graduated with this degree at OTC in the most recent year we have data available. Those precision metal working students who get their degree from Ozarks Technical Community College receive $2,997 more than the average precision metal working graduate.

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Best Precision Metal Working Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Precision Metal Working Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 284 115
Kansas 266 68
Iowa 264 92
Nebraska 238 105
North Dakota 210 36
South Dakota 204 51

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One of 5 majors within the Precision Production area of study, Precision Metal Working has other similar majors worth exploring.

Precision Metal Working Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Welding Technology/Welder 420
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist 77
Machine Shop Technology/Assistant 41
Metal Fabricator 33

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Precision Production 3

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