Machine Tool Technology

Stem Major

Add Comparison
Total Degrees​
Awarded in 2023
3,090
declining 2.86%

About

In 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Machine Tool Technology degree recipients are Wichita, KS, Santa Fe Springs, CA, and Grand Island, NE. N/A The most common degree awarded to students studying Machine Tool Technology is a certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.

Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in in the United States.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years. Male employees are more likely to hold degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in (2,053 students).

Degrees Awarded

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

View Data
Save Image

Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Male (92.9%)
Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the N/A institutions that graduate the most students in Machine Tool Technology.

View Data
Save Image

Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity
  1. White
    2,053 degrees awarded
  2. Hispanic or Latino
    510 degrees awarded
  3. Asian
    177 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Machine Tool Technology for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

View Data
Save Image

Race & Ethnicity by Sex

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of N/A recipients in Machine Tool Technology.

View Data
Save Image

Skills

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

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 Machine Tool 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 Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, and Quality Control Analysis are the three most important skills for people in the field.

View Data
Save Image

Bar Chart

View Data
Save Image