2025 Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Schools in the Southeast Region
4Colleges in the Southeast Region
692Machine Tool Tech Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in machine tool technology/machinist, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #480 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 692 degrees in machine tool technology/machinist annually.
Choosing a Great Machine Tool Technology/Machinist School
The machine tool tech program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Machine Tool Technology/Machinist rankings. For our Best Overall Machine Tool Technology/Machinist School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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Pick Your Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Machine Tool Technology/Machinist in the Southeast Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the machine tool tech degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is hard to beat Spartanburg Community College if you want to pursue a degree in machine tool technology/machinist. Spartanburg Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the suburb of Spartanburg. This college ranks 22nd out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were about 19 machine tool technology/machinist students who graduated with this degree at Spartanburg Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Greenville Technical College if you want to pursue a degree in machine tool technology/machinist. GTC is a fairly large public college located in the small city of Greenville. A Best Colleges rank of #805 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GTC is a great college overall.
There were approximately 8 machine tool technology/machinist students who graduated with this degree at GTC in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in machine tool technology/machinist needs to take a look at York Technical College. York Technical College is a small public college located in the small city of Rock Hill. This college ranks 34th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 4 machine tool technology/machinist students who graduated with this degree at York Technical College in the most recent year we have data available.
Horry-Georgetown Technical College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in machine tool technology/machinist. Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a medium-sized public college located in the small city of Conway. A Best Colleges rank of #1332 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 10 machine tool technology/machinist students who graduated with this degree at Horry-Georgetown Technical College in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The machine tool tech program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Machine Tool Technology/Machinist rankings. For our Best Overall Machine Tool Technology/Machinist School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.