2023 Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Industrial Production Tech for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Industrial Production Technology is the 109th most popular major in the country with 11,906 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Southeast region, there were 4,256 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,968 and $19,078 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Industrial Production Tech for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial production technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent industrial production technology programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the industrial production technology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Industrial Production Tech for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Industrial Production Tech for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree vets studying industrial production tech.
Top 3 Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Appalachian State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Industrial Production Tech for a Master’s. Located in Boone, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s industrial production tech students in 2020-2021.
Appalachian State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, Appalachian State University supports 20,023 students, and 780 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 393 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,464. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Appalachian State University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Appalachian State University]](/colleges/appalachian-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina A & T State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Industrial Production Tech for a Master’s list. NC A&T is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 masters’s industrial production tech degrees to qualified students.
NC A&T also made our “Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, NC A&T supports 12,753 students, and 789 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 245 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,612. During this same period, 7 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. NC A&T offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Full NC A&T Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Industrial Production Tech for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Carolina University landed the #3 spot on the list. Western Carolina University is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s industrial production tech degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree vets studying industrial production tech list, WCU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 12,243 students enrolled at WCU, 439 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 182 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,242. To help with additional expenses, 3 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Western Carolina University]](/colleges/western-carolina-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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