2022 Best Value Colleges for Machine Tool Technology/Machinist in Illinois (With 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 Tool Tech Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Machine Tool Technology/Machinist is the 449th most popular major in the country with 3,710 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 82 machine tool technology/machinist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent machine tool technology/machinist programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the machine tool technology/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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Machine Tool Technology/Machinist in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$7,098 Average Net Price

$30,218 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Illinois College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Belleville, Illinois, and it awarded 44 ’s machine tool tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SWIC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SWIC is $7,098 for Illinois Machine Tool Tech students with aid.

Full SWIC Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Report

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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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