Machine Shop Technology Degree

A Machine Shop Technology student will get the academic and pragmatic concepts required to plan, fabricate, assemble, and manufacture products along with the ability to repair parts, machines, structures, and mechanisms. Get more details below including other Arizona colleges that offer machine shop technology degrees.

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Pima Community College

4905C East Broadway Blvd., Tucson, AZ

Pima Community College provides convenient and affordable education opportunities to people from all backgrounds. Pima Community College's goal is to accommodate everyone, whether they are first-time students, business-training, returning, continuing or transferring students. Pima's university transfer partnerships provide a solid beginning for pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Pima offers small classes, low tuition, convenient schedules with daytime, evening or weekend classes, and many locations.  Pima also offers alternative-style course delivery methods for more flexibility, including Web/online classes. There is also an Honors Program for students who wish to pursue a more challenging program.

History

Pima Community College was founded in 1969 with a mission to "provide access to learning without the limits of time, place or distance."

Academics

Pima Community Colleges offers a year-round academic calendar with fall, spring and summer semesters.  It has both credit and non-credit continuing education classes, and special credit courses that span all terms of the academic year.

The Alternative-style classes offered at Pima provide various options such as self-paced classes, express or accelerated formats, online courses, open entry/open exit classes, and more.

Colleges and Schools

Pima Community College's different departments, programs and schools include:

• Arts, Humanities & Communication
• Business Careers
• Computer Information Technology
• Education Careers
• Health-Related Professions
• Public Safety Careers
• Science & Engineering
• Social Sciences
• Trade Professions
• General Studies
• Transfer Programs
• General Education Requirements

Student Life

Pima Community College provides a range of resources to its students for staying healthy and happy on campus.  The college has worked with various agencies in Tucson to create quality fitness and recreational facilities for students and the general community. Various athletics fields, courts and facilities are available on Pima campuses for recreational sports.

The Westside Health Clinic on Pima's West Campus provides patient education, immunizations, exams and management of chronic or acute health issues.  First Aid is available at the Department of Public Safety offices on each campus.

Academic support services include testing, tutoring, advising, counseling, computer facilities, graduation requirements and information on transcripts, financial aid and transferring in or out of Pima.

Athletics

Pima Community College offers many intercollegiate sports competitions, and all are open to the public.  Pima's Aztec sports teams participate in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference. 

Pima athletics "Aztec" teams sponsor many youth camps and clinics in the local area.

Pima's West Campus has facilities available for public use, including an outdoor track, tennis courts, and racquetball courts.

Pima intercollegiate sports teams include the following:

• Baseball
• Men's Basketball
• Women's Basketball
• Men's and Women's Cross Country
• Football
• Men's Golf
• Women's Golf
• Men's Soccer
• Women's Soccer
• Softball
• Men's Tennis
• Women's Tennis
• Men's and Women's Track and Field
• Women's Volleyball

Satellite Campuses

Pima Community College has six campuses and learning centers.

• Community Campus
• Desert Vista Campus
• Downtown Campus
• East Campus
• Northwest Campus
• West Campus

Learning / Education Centers

Each campus offers something a little different.

Community Campus is large, with more than 800 adjunct faculty and more than 100 satellite locations to reach more than 40,000 students annually.

Pima Community College's Desert Vista Campus has a 60-acre campus in Southwest Tucson on Valencia Viejo, the 1,700-year-old archaeological site of the Hohokam people.  This campus offers developmental education, transfer and occupational programs. This campus has an accredited childcare center.

Downtown Campus is centrally located in the Tucson metropolitan area, and offers business-training programs that lead to direct employment, or university transfer programs and continuing education classes. A range of educational programs are offered at this site, including computer-aided drafting, interior design, interpretation and translation studies, fraud examination and paralegal programs.  There are also support services.

East Campus is a smaller campus and an oasis in the Sonoran Desert, offering quality programs in general education, university transfer or business-training and developmental education.  This campus's range of workforce degrees provides targeted job training.

Northwest Campus is situated on 50 beautiful acres in northwest Tucson, and features a well-reputed hotel and restaurant-management program, along with its other educational programs.

West Campus near central Tucson is the oldest and largest in Pima Community College's six-campus system. Surrounded by the Sonoran Desert, students attending this campus can use the hiking trails, shaded sitting areas and landscaped courtyards.  This campus provides courses for health-related careers with classroom work and real-world training.  Other programs and subjects are also available, and the Center for the Arts is a popular community attraction.

Pima also has Education Centers and Adult Education Learning Centers throughout the metropolitan Tucson area:

• Northeast Education Center
• Southeast Education Center
• Davis Monthan Air Force Base Education Center
• Green Valley Community Learning Center

Pima's Distance Education program also offers a wide range of courses online.

Community Life

In addition to credit programs, the College offers non-credit personal interest classes, adult basic education services, children's programs, childcare facilities and community access to its libraries. 

Pima offers a wide variety of performing arts events that provide cultural opportunities for students and the community.

Pima Community College's Center for the Arts, located on the West Campus, is a complex of theaters and galleries with performances and showings open to students and the public.

Students Enrolled in the Machine Shop Technology Program

Get more details below regarding enrollment, academics, and school demographics. Pima Community College has offered the following degree levels for students:

• Less Than One Year Certificate
• Less Than Two-Year Award

Students by Academic Level (2019)

Students by Gender (2019)

Students by Race (2019)

Source: IPEDS Survey 2012-2020: Data obtained from the US Dept. of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Data may vary depending on school and academic year.

Career Options for Graduates

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

Description

Fabricate, position, align, and fit parts of structural metal products.

Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic

Description

Operate computer-controlled machines or robots to perform one or more machine functions on metal or plastic work pieces.

Career Outlook & Projections ()

According to the BLS, computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic employment is expected to grow at a rate of 17.5% from 2014 to 2024

Salary & Wages

• Tucson, AZ
  • Average Hourly Rate: $17.20
  • Average Annual Salary: $35780

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Description

Set up, operate, or tend grinding and related tools that remove excess material or burrs from surfaces, sharpen edges or corners, or buff, hone, or polish metal or plastic work pieces.

Career Outlook & Projections ()

According to the BLS, grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic employment is expected to shrink at a rate of -21.9% from 2014 to 2024

Salary & Wages

• Tucson, AZ
  • Total Employment: 80
  • Average Hourly Rate: $12.56
  • Average Annual Salary: $26130

Machinists

Description

Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.

Career Outlook & Projections ()

According to the BLS, machinists employment is expected to grow at a rate of 9.8% from 2014 to 2024

Salary & Wages

• Tucson, AZ
  • Total Employment: 740
  • Average Hourly Rate: $19.07
  • Average Annual Salary: $39660

Source: Job descriptions, estimated salary and wages, and projected job growth are taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).