2022 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

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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 Illinois, there were 631 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,750 and $20,581 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 158 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in Illinois

#1

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$11,069 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,005 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. 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 University

#2

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$20,761 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 Illinois list. Eastern Illinois University is located in Charleston, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 77 masters’s industrial production tech degrees to qualified students.

EIU also made our “Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Illinois University are $20,761, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Eastern Illinois University Industrial Production Technology Report

#3

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #3 spot on the list. SIUC is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC also made our “Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Industrial Production Technology at SIUC

#4

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois

#4 in overall quality

$11,996 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the #4 spot on the list. WIU is a public institution located in Macomb, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Illinois University are $11,996, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Industrial Production Technology at WIU

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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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