by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Texas for a Bachelor’s” 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 Texas, there were 709 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 217 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 8 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 industrial tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas bachelor’s degree industrial tech students.
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 Texas for a Bachelor’s. 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.
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 Texas for a Bachelor’s list. Texas A&M Kingsville is a public institution located in Kingsville, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in Texas 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 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%.
Read full report on Industrial Technology at Lamar University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Tyler. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. Tyler, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to 35 students 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. Odessa, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.
Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Commerce, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s industrial tech students in 2020-2021.
Full Texas A&M University - Commerce Industrial Technology Report
Sul Ross State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s ranking. Sul Ross State University is located in Alpine, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to qualified students.
Texas Southern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s ranking. TSU is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 4 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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