2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in North Carolina

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Industrial Technology is the 217th most popular major in the country with 4,540 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across North Carolina, there were 315 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 183 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,368 and $25,940 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in industrial technology/technician. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their industrial technology/technician program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in North Carolina”.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology in North Carolina

1

East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

#6 overall quality in North Carolina

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Greenville, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 179 degrees to qualified bachelors’s industrial tech students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Industrial Technology at East Carolina University

2

North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro, North Carolina

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the #2 spot on the list. NC A&T is a public institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full NC A&T Industrial Technology Report

3

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina

#7 overall quality in North Carolina

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #3 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a public institution located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of North Carolina at Charlotte Industrial Technology Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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