Boilermaking

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    Total Degrees​
    Awarded in 2024
    25
    declining 39%
    Median In-State​
    Public Tuition
    $4,848
    growing 4.12%

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    In 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of Boilermaking degree recipients are Indianapolis city (balance), IN, Columbus, OH, and Dearborn, MI. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of Boilermaking degree recipients are Indianapolis city (balance), IN, Columbus, OH, and Dearborn, MI. The most common degree awarded to students studying Boilermaking is a 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate.

    Institutions

    Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Boilermaking and the types of students that study this field. Ivy Tech Community College awards the most degrees in Boilermaking in the US, having also the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Boilermaking.

    The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Boilermaking programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (3 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (24 completions).

    Institutions

    Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Boilermaking (2024)
    1. 24 degrees awarded
    2. 1 degrees awarded
    3. 0 degrees awarded

    The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Boilermaking, is Public, 2-year (24 completions in 2024).

    The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Boilermaking programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

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    Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

    $4,848
    Median In-State Public

    Ivy Tech Community College has the most Boilermaking degree recipients, with 24 degrees awarded in 2024.

    The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Boilermaking.

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    Specialized Colleges

    Highest Concentration Institution
    0.0677%

    Out of all institutions that offer Boilermaking programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Ivy Tech Community College has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Boilermaking, with 0.0677%.

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    Diversity

    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 (10 students).

    Degrees Awarded

    The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Boilermaking are 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, Associates Degree, and Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.

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    Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

    Male (96%)
    Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

    This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 4 institutions that graduate the most students in Boilermaking.

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    Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

    Degrees
    Most Common Race or Ethnicity
    1. White
      10 degrees awarded in 2024
    2. Unknown
      9 degrees awarded in 2024
    3. Hispanic or Latino
      4 degrees awarded in 2024

    This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Boilermaking for each race & ethnicity.

    In 2024, White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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    Race & Ethnicity by Sex

    Degrees

    This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Boilermaking.

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    Skills

    Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Boilermaking field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Boilermaking majors need many skills, but most especially Operation and Control. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Boilermaking majors need more than the average amount of Installation, Repairing, and Equipment Maintenance.

    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 Boilermaking 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 Installation is very distinctive for majors, but the Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, and Critical Thinking are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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