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2022 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

10 Ranked Colleges
312 Degrees Awarded
$6,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 associate degree level specifically, there were 312 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial production technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great industrial production technology programs and cost less that 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 an Associate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree industrial production tech students.

Top 10 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Southwest Region

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas State Technical College is a public institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 104 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree industrial production tech students list, TSTC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for TSTC is $10,114 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Industrial Production Tech students.

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#2

Panola College

Carthage, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Panola College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Carthage, Texas, and it awarded 22 associates’s industrial production tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Panola College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Panola College is $6,662 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Industrial Production Tech students.

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#3

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lone Star College System. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Lone Star College System is a public institution located in The Woodlands, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 60 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree industrial production tech students list, North Harris Montgomery has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,016 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Industrial Production Tech students per year to attend North Harris Montgomery.

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#4

Kilgore College

Kilgore, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kilgore College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Kilgore College is a medium-sized school located in Kilgore, Texas that handed out 21 associates’s industrial production tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Kilgore College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Kilgore College is $7,593 for southwest region associate degree industrial production tech students.

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#5

Victoria College

Victoria, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Victoria College landed the #5 spot on the list. Victoria College is a public institution located in Victoria, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Victoria College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,629 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Industrial Production Tech students per year to attend Victoria College.

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#6

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Houston Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 20 associates’s industrial production tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Houston Community College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Houston Community College is $5,272 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Industrial Production Tech students.

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#7 in overall quality

Wharton County Junior College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. Wharton, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s industrial production tech degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Wharton County Junior College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $5,334 for southwest region associate degree industrial production tech students per year to attend Wharton County Junior College.

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#8

San Juan College

Farmington, New Mexico

San Juan College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. Farmington, New Mexico is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s industrial production tech degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

SJC also made our “Best Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #9. It costs about $6,115 for southwest region associate degree industrial production tech students per year to attend SJC.

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#9

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona
#8 in overall quality

Mesa Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. This fairly large school is located in Mesa, Arizona, and it awarded 2 associates’s industrial production tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College also took the #8 spot in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mesa Community College is $9,669 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Industrial Production Tech students.

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#10

El Paso Community College

El Paso, Texas

With a ranking of #10, El Paso Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. El Paso Community College is a public institution located in El Paso, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

El Paso Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend El Paso Community College is $4,594 for southwest region associate degree industrial production tech students.

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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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