---

Machine Shop Assistant at Ivy Tech Community College

If you plan to study Machine Shop Assistant, consider the program at Ivy Tech Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Ivy Tech Community College is located in Indianapolis, IN.

During the most recent reporting year, 182 machine shop assistant degrees were granted at Ivy Tech Community College.

Studying Online at Ivy Tech Community College

Online coursework is an option at Ivy Tech Community College. Among 110,710 students, 16,515 (15%) studied exclusively online and 16,087 (15%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the student demographics for Machine Shop Assistant graduates at Ivy Tech Community College, by degree type.

Program-wide, Machine Shop Assistant graduates at Ivy Tech Community College are 7% women (13) and 93% men (169).

Machine Shop Assistant Associate’s Program at Ivy Tech Community College

Of the 31 associate’s machine shop assistant degrees awarded at Ivy Tech Community College, 6% were women (2) and 94% were men (29).

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

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	29
Asian	1
Unknown	1

Minority students account for 3% of Machine Shop Assistant associate’s degree recipients at Ivy Tech Community College, lower than the national average of 15%.*

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

Top-Paying Careers for Machine Shop Assistant Graduates

Students who finish Machine Shop Assistant program at Ivy Tech Community College work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks 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.