Precision Metal Working programs in Kentucky
28 schools in Kentucky teach this, at certificate or associate level. 4 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $33,993 at Ashland Community and Technical College.
What this work pays in Kentucky
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Kentucky earn a median of $45,760 a year across 7,290 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers | $51,470 | 6,630 |
| Machinists | $58,660 | 6,040 |
| Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | $54,960 | 5,510 |
| Sheet Metal Workers | $60,680 | 2,210 |
| Tool and Die Makers | $66,570 | 1,900 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland Community and Technical College Ashland | Undergraduate certificate | $4,865 | $33,993 (32 grads) | 210 |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah | Associate's degree | — | $30,771 (12 grads) | 4 |
| Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville | Undergraduate certificate | $10,013 | $28,236 (20 grads) | 428 |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington | Associate's degree | — | $26,933 (27 grads) | 15 |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington | Undergraduate certificate | $9,557 | not published | 330 |
| Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Elizabethtown | Undergraduate certificate | $6,000 | not published | 188 |
| Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Elizabethtown | Associate's degree | — | not published | 17 |
| Gateway Community and Technical College Florence | Undergraduate certificate | $8,500 | not published | 377 |
| Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville | Undergraduate certificate | $5,879 | not published | 302 |
| Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Bowling Green | Undergraduate certificate | $8,808 | not published | 169 |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah | Undergraduate certificate | $5,625 | not published | 366 |
| Big Sandy Community and Technical College Prestonsburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 62 |
| Big Sandy Community and Technical College Prestonsburg | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| Campbellsville University Campbellsville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 19 |
| Gateway Community and Technical College Florence | Associate's degree | — | not published | 19 |
| Hazard Community and Technical College Hazard | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 65 |
| Henderson Community College Henderson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 26 |
| Hopkinsville Community College Hopkinsville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 45 |
| Hopkinsville Community College Hopkinsville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| Madisonville Community College Madisonville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 70 |
| Madisonville Community College Madisonville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 370 |
| Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro | Associate's degree | — | not published | 5 |
| Somerset Community College Somerset | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 145 |
| Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Bowling Green | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College Cumberland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 106 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
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The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Precision Metal Working — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.