2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Rocky Mountains Region

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In 2020-2021, 11,906 people earned their degree in industrial production technology, making the major the 109th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, industrial production technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,940 and had an average of $19,778 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 173 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $84,425 and $26,988 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial production technology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their industrial production technology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

Weber State University
Ogden, Utah

#24 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

$70,126 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,478 Average Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Weber State University landed the #1 spot on the list. WSU is a large school located in Ogden, Utah that handed out 28 bachelors’s industrial production tech degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full WSU Industrial Production Technology Report

2

Brigham Young University - Idaho
Rexburg, Idaho

#19 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

$98,723 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Rexburg, Idaho, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 23 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s industrial production tech students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full BYU - I Industrial Production Technology Report

3

Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Metropolitan State University of Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 10 bachelors’s industrial production tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Industrial Production Technology at Metropolitan State University of Denver

4

University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho

#21 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of I is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 1 bachelors’s industrial production tech degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Industrial Production Technology at U of I

5

Lewis - Clark State College
Lewiston, Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lewis - Clark State College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Lewis - Clark State College is a small school located in Lewiston, Idaho that handed out 5 bachelors’s industrial production tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Industrial Production Technology at Lewis - Clark State College

• Most Focused Bachelor’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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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