by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Industrial Technology is the 217th most popular major in the country with 4,540 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 745 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 220 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial technology/technician. That schools that top this list have a program in industrial technology/technician in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region. Texas A&M Kingsville is located in Kingsville, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Industrial Technology at Texas A&M Kingsville
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Odessa, Texas, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Industrial Technology at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Stephenville, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to 50 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Industrial Technology at Tarleton State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Tyler. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region. UT Tyler is located in Tyler, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 35 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full The University of Texas at Tyler Industrial Technology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sul Ross State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region. Sul Ross State University is a small public school situated in Alpine, Texas. It awarded 5 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Oklahoma Panhandle State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Oklahoma Panhandle State University is located in Goodwell, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Industrial Technology at Oklahoma Panhandle State University
Lamar University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Lamar University is a fairly large school located in Beaumont, Texas that handed out 41 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Texas Southern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Southern University is a medium-sized public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 4 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #9, Texas A&M University - Commerce did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - Commerce is located in Commerce, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to qualified students.
Full Texas A&M University - Commerce Industrial Technology Report
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