2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 the Plains States region, there were 386 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 53 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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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Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$6,514 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bismarck State College landed the #1 spot on the list. Bismarck State College is a small public school situated in Bismarck, North Dakota. It awarded 45 associates’s industrial tech degrees in 2019-2020.

BSC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bismarck State College is $6,514 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Industrial Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Industrial Technology at Bismarck State College

#2

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$11,973 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pittsburg State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Pittsburg State University is a medium-sized school located in Pittsburg, Kansas that handed out 1 associates’s industrial tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Pitt State also made our “Best Industrial Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $11,973 for plains states region associate degree industrial tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Pittsburg State University.

Read full report on Industrial Technology at Pittsburg State University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology (Income $30-$48k)

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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