by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Machine Tool Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 3,181 people earned their degree in machine tool technology/machinist, making the major the 480th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 399 machine tool technology/machinist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 64 machine tool technology/machinist graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,599 and $15,584 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Machine Tool Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in machine tool technology/machinist. That schools that top this list have a program in machine tool technology/machinist in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree machine tool tech students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wabash Valley College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Machine Tool Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Wabash Valley College is located in Mount Carmel, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 associates’s machine tool tech degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Machine Tool Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Rapids Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Grand Rapids Community College is a public institution located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern Illinois College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Machine Tool Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region. This medium-sized school is located in Belleville, Illinois, and it awarded 20 associates’s machine tool tech degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lansing Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Machine Tool Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 7 associates’s machine tool tech degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alpena Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Machine Tool Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Alpena, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s machine tool tech degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
Full Alpena Community College Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Report
Lake Michigan College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Machine Tool Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. Benton Harbor, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s machine tool tech degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
Full Lake Michigan College Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Report
Kalamazoo Valley Community College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Machine Tool Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Kalamazoo Valley Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It awarded 5 associates’s machine tool tech degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Kalamazoo Valley Community College Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Report
Kellogg Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Machine Tool Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Kellogg Community College is located in Battle Creek, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 associates’s machine tool tech degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Kellogg Community College Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Report
Ivy Tech Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Machine Tool Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, this large public school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified associates’s machine tool tech students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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College of Lake County came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Machine Tool Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. College of Lake County is a fairly large public school situated in Grayslake, Illinois. It awarded 1 associates’s machine tool tech degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad 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 Machine Tool Technology/Machinist at College of Lake County
Elgin Community College landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Machine Tool Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. ECC is a medium-sized school located in Elgin, Illinois that handed out 0 associates’s machine tool tech degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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