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Best Schools for Ironworking/Ironworker in the Great Lakes Region
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest overall ironworking/ironworker education in the Great Lakes Region.
Top Schools in Ironworking/Ironworker
Our analysis ranked Ivy Tech Community College the best school in the country for a degree in ironworking/ironworker. This very large public university is located in the city of Indianapolis. Ivy Tech Community College awarded about 105 ironworking/ironworker degrees in the most recent data year. Ironworking/ironworker graduates of Ivy Tech Community College earn a median of $49,030 early in their careers. Typical student debt for the program is $6,599.
Read more about the ironworking/ironworker program at Ivy Tech Community College
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 5 schools evaluated.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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