2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools in Washington 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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Industrial Tech Schools in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Washington, there were 790 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Industrial Tech Schools in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial technology/technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great industrial technology/technician programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Industrial Tech Schools in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Industrial Tech Schools in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Industrial Technology (Income $0-$30k) in Washington

#1

Olympic College

Bremerton, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$6,683 Average Net Price

$40,020 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Olympic College landed the #1 spot on the list. Bremerton, Washington is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s industrial tech degrees to 773 students in 2019-2020.

OC also made our “Best Industrial Technology Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend OC is $6,683 for Washington Industrial Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Olympic College Industrial Technology Report

#2

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$9,875 Average Net Price

$38,608 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k list. CWU is a fairly large school located in Ellensburg, Washington that handed out 17 ’s industrial tech degrees in 2019-2020.

CWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Industrial Technology Schools in Washington” list. It costs about $9,875 for Washington Industrial Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Central Washington University.

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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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