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

1 Ranked Colleges
32 Degrees Awarded
$10,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students 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 “Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Iowa, there were 40 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,922 and $25,876 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality industrial technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the industrial technology/technician program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology (Income $0-$30k) in Iowa

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k list. UNI is a public institution located in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI also took the #1 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Northern Iowa is $10,757 for iowa bachelor’s degree industrial tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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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