2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Production Technology (Income $0-$30k) in California

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 “Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 12,687 people earned their degree in industrial production technology, making the major the 98th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, industrial production technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,214 and had an average of $18,526 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 594 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,800 and $15,555 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality industrial production technology 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 production technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The industrial production tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Production Technology (Income $0-$30k) in California

#1

California State University - Fresno

Fresno, California

#1 in overall quality

$17,581 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Fresno. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. Fresno, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s industrial production tech degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Fresno State also made our “Best Industrial Production Technology Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at California State University - Fresno are $17,581, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Industrial Production Technology at Fresno State

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Production Technology (Income $0-$30k)

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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