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2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
216 Degrees Awarded
$11,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,673 people earned their degree in industrial technology/technician, making the major the 192nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 758 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 216 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in industrial technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality industrial technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the industrial technology/technician program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lamar University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Lamar University is a fairly large school located in Beaumont, Texas that handed out 49 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Lamar University also made our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Lamar University is $9,200 for southwest region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Tyler. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Tyler, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 35 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s industrial tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Tyler, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at Tyler is $6,797 for southwest region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Sam Houston State University is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 10 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2019-2020.

SHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Sam Houston State University is $10,561 for southwest region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a medium-sized public school situated in Kingsville, Texas. It awarded 33 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $11,105 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville.

Read more about Industrial Technology at Texas A&M University - Kingsville

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - Commerce is a fairly large public school situated in Commerce, Texas. It awarded 4 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M Commerce, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,013 for southwest region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas A&M Commerce.

Full Texas A&M Commerce Industrial Technology Report

#6

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Tarleton State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Stephenville, Texas, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students whose families make $0-$30k list, Tarleton has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tarleton is $15,604 for southwest region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#7

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Texas Southern University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

TSU also made our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Texas Southern University is $19,390 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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).
  • 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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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