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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

11 Ranked Colleges
530 Degrees Awarded
$12,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

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 Southeast region, there were 1,229 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 530 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in industrial technology/technician. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent industrial technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the industrial technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 11 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 168 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to qualified students.

ECU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for ECU is $12,195 for southeast region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeastern Louisiana University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Hammond, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to 53 students in 2019-2020.

Southeastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southeastern Louisiana University is $10,578 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Lafayette landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Louisiana at Lafayette is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 92 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to qualified students.

UL Lafayette also took the #4 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $10,726 for southeast region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

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#4

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mississippi State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,799 for southeast region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Mississippi State University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Industrial Technology at Mississippi State University

#5

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, North Carolina
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2019-2020.

NC A&T also took the #8 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend North Carolina A & T State University is $9,168 for southeast region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#6

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi
#6 in overall quality

University of Southern Mississippi came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this fairly large public school handed out 41 degrees to qualified bachelors’s industrial tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Miss, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,373 for southeast region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Southern Mississippi.

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#7 in overall quality

Northwestern State University of Louisiana landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. NSU is a fairly large school located in Natchitoches, Louisiana that handed out 31 bachelors’s industrial tech degrees in 2019-2020.

NSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northwestern State University of Louisiana is $11,590 for southeast region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#9 in overall quality

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is a public institution located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAPB, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UAPB is $11,543 for southeast region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#9

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, Western Kentucky University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Bowling Green, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WKU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $14,790 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Western Kentucky University.

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#10

Virginia State University

Petersburg, Virginia
#10 in overall quality

Virginia State University landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Petersburg, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s industrial tech degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students whose families make $30-$48k list, Virginia State has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,410 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Virginia State.

Read more about Industrial Technology at Virginia State University

#11

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi
#11 in overall quality

Jackson State University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Jackson, Mississippi, this medium-sized public school handed out 23 degrees to qualified bachelors’s industrial tech students in 2019-2020.

Jackson State also made our “Best Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #11. It costs about $14,721 for southeast region bachelor’s degree industrial tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Jackson State.

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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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