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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

Industrial Technology is the 192nd most popular major in the country with 4,673 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,021 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 131 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$20,761 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Illinois University landed the #1 spot on the list. Charleston, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s industrial tech degrees to 77 students in 2019-2020.

EIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Industrial Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at EIU are $20,761, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$11,069 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Normal, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s industrial tech degrees to 54 students in 2019-2020.

Illinois State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Industrial Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois State University are $11,069, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s 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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