2022 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Plains States region, there were 1,220 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,733 and $20,140 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 57 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree industrial production tech students.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Plains States Region

#1

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

#3 in overall quality

$8,788 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #1 spot on the list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 4 masters’s industrial production tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State University - Mankato are $8,788, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Industrial Production Technology at Minnesota State University - Mankato

#2

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$19,320 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pittsburg State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Pittsburg State University is a medium-sized school located in Pittsburg, Kansas that handed out 33 masters’s industrial production tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Pitt State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Pitt State are $19,320.

Read more about Industrial Production Technology at Pittsburg State University

#3

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$22,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Cedar Falls, Iowa is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s industrial production tech degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UNI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Iowa are $22,648, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Northern Iowa Industrial Production Technology Report

#4

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

#4 in overall quality

$16,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. University of Central Missouri is a medium-sized school located in Warrensburg, Missouri that handed out 13 masters’s industrial production tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UCM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Missouri are $16,394, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Industrial Production Technology at University of Central Missouri

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Production Technology

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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