2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 928 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 138 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in industrial technology/technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular industrial technology/technician programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s”.

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Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree industrial tech students.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology in the Great Lakes Region

1

Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Illinois University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. EIU is a medium-sized school located in Charleston, Illinois that handed out 79 masters’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Industrial Technology at Eastern Illinois University

2

Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois

Top 20% overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Illinois State University is located in Normal, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 59 masters’s industrial tech degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Illinois State University Industrial Technology Report

3

Indiana State University
Terre Haute, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. Indiana State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Terre Haute, Indiana. It awarded 14 masters’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Industrial Technology at Indiana State University

• Most Popular 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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