by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Great Lakes region, there were 2,563 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,199 and $21,643 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 175 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial production technology. That schools that top this list have a program in industrial production technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree industrial production tech students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Illinois University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Charleston, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 79 diplomas to qualified masters’s industrial production tech students in 2020-2021.
Full Eastern Illinois University Industrial Production Technology Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Illinois State is a public institution located in Normal, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 59 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
Read full report on Industrial Production Technology at Illinois State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 20 masters’s industrial production tech degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region list. WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s industrial production tech degrees to qualified students.
Full Western Illinois University Industrial Production Technology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ypsilanti, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s industrial production tech degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Industrial Production Technology at Eastern Michigan University
Western Michigan University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. WMU is a public institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Illinois Tech is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s industrial production tech degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about Industrial Production Technology at Illinois Tech
University of Wisconsin - Platteville came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. University of Wisconsin - Platteville is located in Platteville, Wisconsin and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 89 masters’s industrial production tech degrees to qualified students.
Full University of Wisconsin - Platteville Industrial Production Technology Report
Indiana State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Industrial Production Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Indiana State is a public institution located in Terre Haute, Indiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Industrial Production Technology at Indiana State
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