2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology in the Plains States Region

#1

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$9,420 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bismarck State College landed the #1 spot on the 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BSC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $9,420 for plains states region associate degree industrial tech students per year to attend Bismarck State College.

Read full report on Industrial Technology at BSC

#2

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$14,436 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pittsburg State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Pittsburg, Kansas, and it awarded 1 associates’s industrial tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pitt State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pittsburg State University is $14,436 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Industrial Tech students.

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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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