2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,673 people earned their degree in industrial technology/technician, making the major the 192nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 386 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 53 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial technology/technician. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent industrial technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the industrial technology/technician program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$11,357 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bismarck State College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Bismarck State College is located in Bismarck, North Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 45 associates’s industrial tech degrees to qualified students.

BSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Industrial Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $11,357 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Industrial Tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend BSC.

Read more about Industrial Technology at Bismarck State College

#2

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$16,826 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pittsburg State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburg, Kansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s industrial tech students in 2019-2020.

Pitt State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Pitt State is $16,826 for plains states region associate degree industrial tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Industrial Technology at Pittsburg State University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology (Income $75-$110k)

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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