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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology in the Southwest Region

7 Ranked Colleges
216 Degrees Awarded
$14,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 216 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 7 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the industrial technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology in the Southwest Region

#1

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Tarleton State University is located in Stephenville, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 51 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to qualified students.

Tarleton also made our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Tarleton State University is $18,979 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Tech students.

Read full report on Industrial Technology at Tarleton State University

#2

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 49 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to qualified students.

Lamar University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Lamar University is $12,311 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Tech students.

Read more about Industrial Technology at Lamar University

#3

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #3 spot on the list. SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SHSU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,617 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Tech students per year to attend SHSU.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - Commerce is a fairly large public school situated in Commerce, Texas. It awarded 4 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - Commerce is $13,017 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Tech students.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Kingsville, Texas, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students list, Texas A&M Kingsville has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - Kingsville is $13,778 for southwest region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students.

Read more about Industrial Technology at Texas A&M Kingsville

#6 in overall quality

The University of Texas at Tyler landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Tyler, Texas, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Tyler, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,974 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Tech students per year to attend The University of Texas at Tyler.

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#7

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas
#7 in overall quality

Texas Southern University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. TSU is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 10 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2019-2020.

TSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas Southern University is $19,430 for southwest region bachelor’s 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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