2025 Best Precision Metal Working Schools in Michigan
3Colleges in Michigan
798Precision Metal Working Degrees Awarded
$36,824Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in precision metal working is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #131 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for precision metal working students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 798 degrees in precision metal working to qualified students.
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. We derive our Best Overall Precision Metal Working School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Precision Metal Working Schools in Michigan ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Precision Metal Working in Michigan
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 precision metal working degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student who is interested in precision metal working has to check out Ferris State University. Ferris is a medium-sized public university located in the remote town of Big Rapids. A Best Colleges rank of #565 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Ferris is a great university overall.
There were roughly 88 precision metal working students who graduated with this degree at Ferris in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the precision metal working program at Ferris State University make $26,008 more than the average graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Grand Rapids Community College is a great decision for students interested in a degree in precision metal working. Located in the medium-sized city of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 18th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 31 precision metal working students who graduated with this degree at Grand Rapids Community College in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, precision metal working degree recipients usually earn around $38,418 in the first five years of their career.
Any student who is interested in precision metal working has to look into Northern Michigan University. Northern Michigan University is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Marquette. This university ranks 35th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 25 precision metal working students who graduated with this degree at Northern Michigan University 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 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. We derive our Best Overall Precision Metal Working School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
