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2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
168 Degrees Awarded
$6,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Industrial Technology is the 192nd most popular major in the country with 4,673 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 758 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 168 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in industrial technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality industrial technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the industrial technology/technician program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree industrial tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s industrial tech degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree industrial tech students whose families make $0-$30k list, TSTC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Industrial Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,535 for southwest region associate degree industrial tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend TSTC.

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#2

Panola College

Carthage, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Panola College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Panola College is located in Carthage, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 associates’s industrial tech degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Panola College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Panola College is $6,590 for southwest region associate degree industrial tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lone Star College System landed the #3 spot on the list. North Harris Montgomery is a large school located in The Woodlands, Texas that handed out 60 associates’s industrial tech degrees in 2019-2020.

North Harris Montgomery also took the #2 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Harris Montgomery is $7,146 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Industrial Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Industrial Technology at North Harris Montgomery

#4

Victoria College

Victoria, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Victoria College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Victoria College is located in Victoria, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s industrial tech degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Victoria College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Victoria College is $4,686 for southwest region associate degree industrial tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Industrial Technology at Victoria College

#5

El Paso Community College

El Paso, Texas
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend El Paso Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified associates’s industrial tech students in 2019-2020.

El Paso Community College also made our “Best Industrial Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for El Paso Community College is $3,978 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Industrial Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#6

San Juan College

Farmington, New Mexico
#5 in overall quality

San Juan College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Farmington, New Mexico is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s industrial tech degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree industrial tech students whose families make $0-$30k list, SJC has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Industrial Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,586 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Industrial Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SJC.

Read more about Industrial Technology at SJC

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Notes and References

References

  • 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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