2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology in North Carolina

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in North Carolina for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 4,540 people earned their degree in industrial technology/technician, making the major the 217th most popular in the United States.

Across North Carolina, there were 315 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,453 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in North Carolina for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in industrial technology/technician.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in North Carolina for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina master’s degree industrial tech students.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology in North Carolina

1

North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro, North Carolina

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in North Carolina for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Greensboro, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s industrial tech degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Industrial Technology at North Carolina A & T State University

2

Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina

#8 overall quality in North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Appalachian State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in North Carolina for a Master’s list. Located in Boone, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s industrial tech students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Industrial Technology at Appalachian State

3

Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, North Carolina

#15 overall quality in North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Carolina University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Industrial Tech Major in North Carolina for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, and it awarded 5 masters’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Industrial Technology at Western Carolina 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

• *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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