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

6 Ranked Colleges
173 Degrees Awarded
$22,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 12,687 people earned their degree in industrial production technology, making the major the 98th most popular in the United States. 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 Great Lakes region, there were 2,899 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,994 and $19,152 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 173 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in industrial production technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent industrial production technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the industrial production technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Production Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Normal, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s industrial production tech degrees to 54 students in 2019-2020.

Illinois State also made our “Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois State are $11,069, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Industrial Production Technology at Illinois State

#2

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Illinois University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Charleston, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s industrial production tech degrees to 77 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at EIU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Illinois University are $20,761, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full EIU Industrial Production Technology Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s industrial production tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SIUC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928.

Read more about Industrial Production Technology at SIUC

#4

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan that handed out 14 masters’s industrial production tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern Michigan, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan are $26,552, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Eastern Michigan University Industrial Production Technology Report

#5

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s industrial production tech students in 2019-2020.

WMU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WMU are $31,355, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Industrial Production Technology at WMU

#6

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Western Illinois University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. WIU is a medium-sized school located in Macomb, Illinois that handed out 12 masters’s industrial production tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree industrial production tech students whose families make $0-$30k list, WIU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WIU are $11,996.

Read more about Industrial Production Technology at Western Illinois 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%.

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  • *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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