by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 4,540 people earned their degree in industrial technology/technician, making the major the 217th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 420 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in industrial technology/technician. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in industrial technology/technician.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree industrial tech students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pittsburg State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburg, Kansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 43 degrees to qualified masters’s industrial tech students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Missouri. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Warrensburg, Missouri, this fairly large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s industrial tech students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Industrial Technology at University of Central Missouri
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and it awarded 6 masters’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Read more about Industrial Technology at University of Northern Iowa
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #4 spot on the list. Grand Forks, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s industrial tech degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
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%.
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