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 Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 420 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 144 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Penn University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Oskaloosa, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s industrial tech students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Industrial Technology at William Penn University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Missouri State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized school located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri that handed out 34 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Industrial Technology at Southeast Missouri State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pittsburg State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region. Pitt State is a public institution located in Pittsburg, Kansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. UNI is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri Southern State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region. Missouri Southern is a public institution located in Joplin, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Industrial Technology at Missouri Southern State University
Saint Cloud State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Saint Cloud State University is a fairly large public school situated in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. It awarded 21 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Saint Cloud State University Industrial Technology Report
University of Central Missouri ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. UCM is located in Warrensburg, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to qualified students.
Bemidji State University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Bemidji State University is located in Bemidji, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.
With a ranking of #9, Black Hills State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Spearfish, South Dakota, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Industrial Technology at Black Hills State University
University of North Dakota did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #10. This fairly large school is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Winona, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, Upper Iowa University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. UIU is located in Fayette, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to qualified students.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region ranking. UNL is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 0 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Industrial Technology Report
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