2021 Best Industrial Production Technology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region
9Colleges
654Bachelor's Degrees
$23,622Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Industrial Production Technology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Industrial Production Technology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a bachelor's in industrial production tech. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality industrial production technology programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the industrial production technology program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Industrial Production Technology Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Industrial Production Technology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Industrial Production Technology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Northern Kentucky University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southeast Region that are best for non-traditional industrial production technology students. NKU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Highland Heights. NKU also made our Best Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #3.
About 2.2% of NKU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 6,629 of NKU students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 7,069 part time students in attendance at NKU.
East Carolina University landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best industrial production technology schools for non-traditional students. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greenville. ECU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Southeast Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. There are approximately 12,522 students at ECU that take at least one class online. About 7,199 of the students at ECU are attending part time.
Mississippi State University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Mississippi State is a very large public school located in the town of Mississippi State. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mississippi State, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Southeast Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Mississippi State is lower than is typical, just 2.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 6,015 students at Mississippi State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,224 part time students in attendance at Mississippi State.
Western Kentucky University earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. WKU is a large public school located in the city of Bowling Green. As a testament to the quality of education offered at WKU, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Southeast Region ranking.
About 2.1% of WKU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 6,291 students at WKU that take at least one class online. 4,635 of WKU students are attending part time.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best industrial production technology schools for non-traditional students. UL Lafayette is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lafayette. UL Lafayette also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Southeast Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.8%. Approximately 4,441 students take at least one class online at UL Lafayette. There are roughly 4,259 part time students in attendance at UL Lafayette.
Our rankings recognize Southeastern Louisiana University as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Southeastern is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Hammond. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Southeastern has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Southeast Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Southeastern is lower than is typical, just 3.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 4,256 students at Southeastern that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,754 part time students in attendance at Southeastern.
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. UAPB is a small public school located in the small city of Pine Bluff. UAPB not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Southeast Region list.
The student loan default rate at UAPB is lower than is typical, just 3.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 1,800 students at UAPB that take at least one class online. About 450 of the students at UAPB are attending part time.
North Carolina A & T State University earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Greensboro, NC A&T is a public college with a large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC A&T, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Southeast Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 4.8%. There are approximately 5,968 students at NC A&T that take at least one class online. 2,086 of NC A&T students are attending part time.
Jackson State University earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. Jackson State is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Jackson. Jackson State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #9 on our Best Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Southeast Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 4.1%. 3,195 of Jackson State students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 2,164 part time students in attendance at Jackson State.
Industrial Production Technology Related Non-Traditional Student Rankings by Major
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 9 schools only.
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 the rest 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).
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