by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 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.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in industrial technology/technician. To top this list, a school must have a successful industrial technology/technician program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarleton State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. Tarleton State University is a fairly large school located in Stephenville, Texas that handed out 50 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Kingsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 44 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s industrial tech students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Industrial Technology at Texas A&M Kingsville
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar University landed the #3 spot on the list. Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 41 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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 Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. The University of Texas at Tyler is a medium-sized school located in Tyler, Texas that handed out 35 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Industrial Technology at The University of Texas at Tyler
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. UT Permian Basin is a public institution located in Odessa, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Industrial Technology at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Texas A&M University - Commerce came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Commerce, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Sul Ross State University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Alpine, Texas, this small public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s industrial tech students in 2020-2021.
Texas Southern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Oklahoma Panhandle State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s 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.
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