2025 Best Industrial Technology Schools in the Great Lakes Region
9Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
869Industrial Tech Degrees Awarded
Industrial Technology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #217 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for industrial technology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 869 degrees in industrial technology annually.
Your choice of industrial technology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for industrial technology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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Best Schools for Industrial Technology in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the industrial tech degree levels they offer.
It is difficult to beat Purdue University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in industrial technology. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #65 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.
There were roughly 103 industrial technology students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Ferris State University if you wish to pursue a degree in industrial technology. Ferris is a moderately-sized public university located in the remote town of Big Rapids. This university ranks 13th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 24 industrial technology students who graduated with this degree at Ferris in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Ivy Tech Community College if you want to pursue a degree in industrial technology. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Indianapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #173 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Ivy Tech Community College is a great college overall.
There were about 256 industrial technology students who graduated with this degree at Ivy Tech Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in industrial technology needs to take a look at University of Dayton. Located in the medium-sized city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #227 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UDayton is a great university overall.
There were roughly 19 industrial technology students who graduated with this degree at UDayton in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Vincennes, Vincennes University is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 9th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were roughly 55 industrial technology students who graduated with this degree at Vincennes University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the distant town of Carbondale, SIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 36th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 64 industrial technology students who graduated with this degree at SIUC in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were about 18 industrial technology students who graduated with this degree at Indiana State in the most recent year we have data available.
Illinois State is a fairly large public university located in the midsize suburb of Normal. A Best Colleges rank of #210 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Illinois State is a great university overall.
There were about 81 industrial technology students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Charleston, EIU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 52nd out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 61 industrial technology students who graduated with this degree at EIU in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of industrial technology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for industrial technology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
