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Machine Shop Assistant at Guilford Technical Community College

If you are interested in studying Machine Shop Assistant, take a look at what Guilford Technical Community College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Guilford Technical Community College is located in Jamestown, NC.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 5 machine shop assistant degrees were awarded at Guilford Technical Community College.

Studying Online at Guilford Technical Community College

Online coursework is an option at Guilford Technical Community College. Of 11,485 students, 4,088 (36%) studied exclusively online and 3,611 (31%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the composition of Machine Shop Assistant graduates at Guilford Technical Community College, by degree type.

Program-wide, Machine Shop Assistant graduates at Guilford Technical Community College are 0% women (0) and 100% men (5).

Machine Shop Assistant Associate’s Program at Guilford Technical Community College

Among the 2 associate’s machine shop assistant graduates at Guilford Technical Community College, 0% were women (0) and 100% were men (2).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Machine Shop Assistant associate’s degree recipients at Guilford Technical Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	1
Asian	1

Minority students account for 50% of Machine Shop Assistant associate’s degree recipients at Guilford Technical Community College, above the national average of 15%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Highest-Paying Careers for Machine Shop Assistant Graduates

Students who finish Machine Shop Assistant program at Guilford Technical Community College pursue many career paths. Below are the best-paid careers for Machine Shop Assistant majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other	$67,669
Machinists	$58,269
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$55,961
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners	$55,632
Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic	$53,306
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$52,281
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$51,258
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$47,270
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$33,378

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.