Tool & Die Technology
Stem Major
Add ComparisonIn 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of Tool & Die Technology degree recipients are McAllen, TX, Gadsden, AL, and Wichita, KS. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of Tool & Die Technology degree recipients are Gadsden, AL, Marshalltown, IA, and Alpena, MI. The most common degree awarded to students studying Tool & Die Technology is a associates degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Tool & Die Technology and the types of students that study this field. South Texas College awards the most degrees in Tool & Die Technology in the US, but Escuela De Troqueleria Y Herramentaje and Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jackson have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Tool & Die Technology.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Tool & Die Technology programs are Public, 2-year institutions (42 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (378 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Tool & Die Technology, is Public, 2-year (378 completions in 2024).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Tool & Die Technology programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
South Texas College has the most Tool & Die Technology degree recipients, with 55 degrees awarded in 2024.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Tool & Die Technology.
Out of all institutions that offer Tool & Die Technology programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Escuela De Troqueleria Y Herramentaje has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Tool & Die Technology, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Tool & Die Technology by year.
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 Associates Degree. 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 (339 students).
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Tool & Die Technology are Associates Degree, Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years, and 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Tool & Die Technology.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Tool & Die 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 Associates Degree recipients in Tool & Die Technology.
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Tool & Die Technology field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tool & Die Technology majors need many skills, but most especially Quality Control Analysis. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Tool & Die Technology majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, and Installation.
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 Tool & Die 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 Quality Control Analysis, Operation and Control, and Operations Monitoring are the three most important skills for people in the field.
