2022 Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Welding Technology/Welder is the 194th most popular major in the country with 40,882 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 1,477 welding technology/welder graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 82 welding technology/welder graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,469 and $14,548 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in welding technology/welder. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality welding technology/welder programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the welding technology/welder program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois associate degree wielding students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Welding Technology/Welder in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Elgin Community College

Elgin, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$4,185 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Elgin Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. Elgin Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Elgin, Illinois. It awarded 11 associates’s wielding degrees in 2019-2020.

ECC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The estimated yearly cost for ECC is $4,185 for Illinois Associate Degree Wielding students with aid.

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#2

Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$7,098 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Illinois College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Belleville, Illinois, this medium-sized public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified associates’s wielding students in 2019-2020.

SWIC also made our “Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend SWIC is $7,098 for Illinois Associate Degree Wielding students with aid.

Read more about Welding Technology/Welder at Southwestern Illinois College

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Welding Technology/Welder (With Aid)

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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