2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology in North Carolina

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in North Carolina” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,453 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in North Carolina” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina master’s degree industrial tech students.

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

1

North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina A & T State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in North Carolina list. NC A&T is a public institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Industrial Technology at NC A&T

2

Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina

#8 overall quality in North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Appalachian State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in North Carolina. Appalachian State is a public institution located in Boone, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Appalachian State Industrial Technology Report

3

Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, North Carolina

#15 overall quality in North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in North Carolina list. Located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s industrial tech students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Industrial Technology at Western Carolina University

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology in the Southeast Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology

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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