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2023 Best Value Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Oregon

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$5,243 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,386 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate School for You

With 116 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, precision metal working is the #84 most popular major in Oregon.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Oregon ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Oregon to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for precision metal working students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Oregon

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Oregon Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Precision Metal Working

Our 2023 rankings named Portland Community College the best value school in Oregon for precision metal working students working on their undergraduate certificate. Portland Community College is a very large public school located in the large city of Portland.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Portland Community College are $4,810 per year.

Portland Community College also took the #3 spot in our Best Precision Metal Working Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Oregon rankings.

Full Precision Metal Working at Portland Community College Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Linn-Benton Community College is a great value for precision metal working students working on their undergraduate certificate. LBCC is a small public school located in the small city of Albany.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at LBCC are $5,675 a year.

Read full report on Precision Metal Working at Linn-Benton Community College

Best Value Precision Metal Working Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Precision Metal Working Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 271
Washington 346
Nevada 40
Hawaii 15
Alaska 9

One of 5 majors within the area of study, precision metal working has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Woodworking 431
Other Precision Production 68
Leatherworking & Upholstery 54
Precision Production Trades 39
Boilermaking 13

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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