Best Precision Instrument programs in Texas, ranked by enrollment
All precision instrument and equipment repairers not listed.
17 schools in Texas run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,094 people a year. The job pays a median of $64,150 in Texas across about 580 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Texas that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
1 programs in Texas that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Texas (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Texas page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 15.0404In Texas → | 1,094 | 100.0% | 17 | $60,286 | $15,383 |
Top 17 schools in Texas
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 4 of the 17 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee College Baytown, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 178 | Instrumentation Technology/Technician | — | 53% | — | — |
| 2 | San Jacinto Community College Pasadena, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 162 | Instrumentation Technology/Technician | $53,710 | 30% | — | — |
| 3 | Brazosport College Lake Jackson, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 153 | Instrumentation Technology/Technician | — | 56% | — | — |
| 4 | St Philip's College San Antonio, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 93 | Instrumentation Technology/Technician | — | 28% | — | — |
| 5 | Frank Phillips College Borger, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 71 | Instrumentation Technology/Technician | $56,120 | 45% | — | — |
| 6 | Texas State Technical College Waco, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 69 | Instrumentation Technology/Technician | $59,719 | 46% | — | — |
| 7 | Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 68 | Instrumentation Technology/Technician | $54,104 | 31% | — | — |
| 8 | Palo Alto College San Antonio, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 56 | Instrumentation Technology/Technician | — | 33% | — | — |
| 9 | Lamar State College - Orange Orange, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 55 | Instrumentation Technology/Technician | — | 37% | — | — |
| 10 | Galveston College Galveston, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 43 | Instrumentation Technology/Technician | — | 33% | — | — |
| 11 | Lamar State College - Port Arthur Port Arthur, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 42 | Instrumentation Technology/Technician | — | 45% | — | — |
| 12 | Lone Star College System The Woodlands, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 34 | Instrumentation Technology/Technician | — | 21% | — | — |
| 13 | Kilgore College Kilgore, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 28 | Instrumentation Technology/Technician | — | 39% | — | — |
| 14 | Panola College Carthage, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 21 | Instrumentation Technology/Technician | — | 43% | — | — |
| 15 | Houston City College Houston, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 16 | Instrumentation Technology/Technician | — | 17% | — | — |
| 16 | Wharton County Junior College Wharton, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 3 | Instrumentation Technology/Technician | — | 27% | — | — |
| 17 | Del Mar College Corpus Christi, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Instrumentation Technology/Technician | — | 11% | — | — |
All 17 schools in Texas
Every school in Texas with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee College | Baytown | Public | 178 | 1 |
| San Jacinto Community College | Pasadena | Public | 162 | 1 |
| Brazosport College | Lake Jackson | Public | 153 | 1 |
| St Philip's College | San Antonio | Public | 93 | 1 |
| Frank Phillips College | Borger | Public | 71 | 1 |
| Texas State Technical College | Waco | Public | 69 | 1 |
| Lamar Institute of Technology | Beaumont | Public | 68 | 1 |
| Palo Alto College | San Antonio | Public | 56 | 1 |
| Lamar State College - Orange | Orange | Public | 55 | 1 |
| Galveston College | Galveston | Public | 43 | 1 |
| Lamar State College - Port Arthur | Port Arthur | Public | 42 | 1 |
| Lone Star College System | The Woodlands | Public | 34 | 1 |
| Kilgore College | Kilgore | Public | 28 | 1 |
| Panola College | Carthage | Public | 21 | 1 |
| Houston City College | Houston | Public | 16 | 1 |
What precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other earn in Texas
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $68,990. Texas pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Texas
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other page.
How to become a Precision Instrument
- Typical entry education
- High school diploma or equivalent
- On-the-job training
- Long-term on-the-job training
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Texas
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 2 majors mapped to Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other2 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 15.0404Instrumentation Technology/Technician
- 47.0499Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians, Other
Common questions
Answers for people weighing precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other programs in Texas.
What degree do you need to become a Precision Instrument?+
High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Instrumentation Technology/Technician, which awarded 1,094 degrees in Texas in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Precision Instrument?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians. Together they graduate about 1,094 people a year in Texas.
How much do precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other earn in Texas?+
The median is $64,150 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 7.0% below the U.S. median of $68,990. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other growing?+
BLS projects a +2.0% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 1,000 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Texas?+
17 institutions in Texas reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
Do you need training or experience beyond a degree?+
BLS lists 'None' for related work experience and 'Long-term on-the-job training' for on-the-job training typically needed to reach competency.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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