2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Production Technology

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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree industrial production tech students.

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Production Technology

1

Indiana State University
Terre Haute, Indiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major list. Indiana State is a medium-sized school located in Terre Haute, Indiana that handed out 7 doctorate’s industrial production tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Industrial Production Technology at Indiana State University

2

University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, this medium-sized public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s industrial production tech students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Industrial Production Technology at UNI

3

Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

#13 overall quality in United States

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s industrial production tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

Full Cornell University Industrial Production Technology Report

4

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major list. Mississippi State University is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 95 doctorate’s industrial production tech degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Mississippi State Industrial Production Technology Report

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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