2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 4,134 people earned their degree in industrial technology, making the major the 217th most popular in the United States.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 industrial technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,735 and $124,256 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in industrial technology.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major”.
Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Indiana State is a public institution located in Terre Haute, Indiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad 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%.
Full Indiana State University Industrial Technology Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s industrial tech degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full UNI Industrial Technology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Tech Major list. Mississippi State University is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 52 doctorate’s industrial tech degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
Read full report on Industrial Technology at Mississippi 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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