2025 Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
7
Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
406
Associate Degrees
Welding Technology/Welder is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #51 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 406 associate degrees in welding technology/welder during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Welding Technology/Welder School for Your Associate Degree
The wielding associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to welding technology/welder students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of welding technology/welder students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized welding technology/welder related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for welding technology/welder students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Welding Technology/Welder Schools
The wielding school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region.