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2022 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

9 Ranked Colleges
349 Degrees Awarded
$11,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 “Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Industrial Production Technology is the 98th most popular major in the country with 12,687 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, industrial production technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,214 and had an average of $18,526 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,137 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,929 and $13,058 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 349 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in industrial production technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality industrial production technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the industrial production technology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree industrial production tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Production Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 115 bachelors’s industrial production tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree industrial production tech students whose families make $0-$30k list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $11,454 for southwest region bachelor’s degree industrial production tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

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#2

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lamar University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This fairly large school is located in Beaumont, Texas, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s industrial production tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Lamar University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $9,200 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Production Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Lamar University.

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#8 in overall quality

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 #3 for the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Tyler, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 35 degrees to qualified bachelors’s industrial production tech students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree industrial production tech students whose families make $0-$30k list, UT Tyler has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Tyler is $6,797 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Production Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Oklahoma State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Southwestern Oklahoma State University is a public institution located in Weatherford, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SWOSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend SWOSU is $9,746 for southwest region bachelor’s degree industrial production tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. SHSU is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 10 bachelors’s industrial production tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree industrial production tech students whose families make $0-$30k list, SHSU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Sam Houston State University is $10,561 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Production Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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Texas A&M University - Kingsville ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a medium-sized public school situated in Kingsville, Texas. It awarded 33 bachelors’s industrial production tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville also made our “Best Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $11,105 for southwest region bachelor’s degree industrial production tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville.

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With a ranking of #7, Texas A&M University - Commerce did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas A&M University - Commerce is a public institution located in Commerce, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M Commerce is $10,013 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Production Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#8

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas

With a ranking of #8, Tarleton State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Stephenville, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 57 degrees to qualified bachelors’s industrial production tech students in 2019-2020.

Tarleton also made our “Best Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Tarleton State University is $15,604 for southwest region bachelor’s degree industrial production tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#9

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas
#9 in overall quality

Texas Southern University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. TSU is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s industrial production tech degrees to qualified students.

TSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $19,390 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Production Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas Southern University.

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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