by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in Illinois for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Industrial Technology is the 217th most popular major in the country with 4,540 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Illinois, there were 281 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 $59,317 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in Illinois for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in Illinois for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in Illinois for a Master’s”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in Illinois for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Illinois University landed the #1 spot on the list. EIU is a public institution located in Charleston, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 79 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in Illinois 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%.
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