Sheet Metal Technology
Stem Major
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Sheet Metal Technology degree recipients are Indianapolis city (balance), IN, Los Altos Hills, CA, and Pittsburgh, PA. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Sheet Metal Technology degree recipients are Los Altos Hills, CA, El Dorado, KS, and Tacoma, WA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Sheet Metal Technology is a 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Sheet Metal Technology and the types of students that study this field. Ivy Tech Community College awards the most degrees in Sheet Metal Technology in the US, but Erwin Technical College and Foothill College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Sheet Metal Technology.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Sheet Metal Technology programs are Public, 2-year institutions (27 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (216 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Sheet Metal Technology, is Public, 2-year (216 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Sheet Metal Technology programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Ivy Tech Community College has the most Sheet Metal Technology degree recipients, with 91 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Sheet Metal Technology.
Out of all institutions that offer Sheet Metal Technology programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Erwin Technical College has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Sheet Metal Technology, with 3.08%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Sheet Metal Technology by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Sheet Metal Technology.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Precision Production in the United States.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate. Male employees are more likely to hold Precision Production degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Precision Production (195 students).
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Sheet Metal Technology are 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, Associates Degree, and 2 to 4 Year Postsecondary Certificate.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Sheet Metal Technology.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Sheet Metal Technology for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Sheet Metal Technology.
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Sheet Metal Technology field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Sheet Metal Technology majors need many skills, but most especially Operation Monitoring. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Sheet Metal Technology majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Installation, Repairing, Operation and Control, Equipment Selection, Troubleshooting, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Management of Personnel Resources, Time Management, Coordination, Monitoring, Systems Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Judgment and Decision Making, Active Learning, Systems Evaluation, Complex Problem Solving, Mathematics, Social Perceptiveness, Critical Thinking, Technology Design, Speaking, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Management of Financial Resources, Service Orientation, Operations Analysis, Writing, Negotiation, Persuasion, Programming, and Science.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Sheet Metal Technology majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Maintenance is very distinctive for majors, but the Operation Monitoring, Operation and Control, Quality Control Analysis, Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Active Learning, Coordination, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, Time Management, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Repairing, Judgment and Decision Making, Active Listening, Complex Problem Solving, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Systems Analysis, Management of Personnel Resources, Social Perceptiveness, Writing, Systems Evaluation, Equipment Selection, Mathematics, Service Orientation, Installation, Persuasion, Negotiation, Management of Material Resources, Operations Analysis, Technology Design, Management of Financial Resources, Programming, and Science are the three most important skills for people in the field.
