2023 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools in the Far Western US Region
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Ranked Colleges
1,779
Degrees Awarded
$10,900
Avg Net Price*
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 in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Industrial Production Technology is the 109th most popular major in the country with 11,906 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, industrial production technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,940 and had an average of $19,778 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,779 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,261 and $14,083 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial production technology. 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools in the Far Western US Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region industrial production tech students.
Top 8 Best Value Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Olympic College landed the #1 spot on the list. Olympic College is a small school located in Bremerton, Washington that handed out 804 ’s industrial production tech degrees in 2020-2021.
OC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Olympic College is $7,639 for far western us region industrial production tech students.
Read more about Industrial Production Technology at OC
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Portland Community College is a large public school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 32 ’s industrial production tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Portland Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Industrial Production Technology Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Portland Community College is $9,464 for far western us region industrial production tech students.
Full Portland Community College Industrial Production Technology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Fresno. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Fresno State is a public institution located in Fresno, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 59 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Fresno State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Fresno State is $6,230 for far western us region industrial production tech students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Industrial Production Technology at Fresno State
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools in the Far Western US Region. Central Washington University is a public institution located in Ellensburg, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 21 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
CWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Industrial Production Technology Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for CWU is $16,514 for Far Western US Region Industrial Production Tech students.
Read full report on Industrial Production Technology at CWU
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Jose State University landed the #5 spot on the list. San Jose State is a large school located in San Jose, California that handed out 63 ’s industrial production tech degrees in 2020-2021.
San Jose State also made our “Best Industrial Production Technology Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend San Jose State University is $16,542 for Far Western US Region Industrial Production Tech students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Industrial Production Technology at San Jose State University
With a ranking of #6, University of Alaska Anchorage did quite well on the 2023 Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools in the Far Western US Region list. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large public school situated in Anchorage, Alaska. It awarded 27 ’s industrial production tech degrees in 2020-2021.
UAA also took the #7 spot in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $11,782 for far western us region industrial production tech students per year to attend UAA.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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 more about Industrial Production Technology at University of Alaska Anchorage
Oregon Institute of Technology ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools in the Far Western US Region list. This small school is located in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and it awarded 13 ’s industrial production tech degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at OIT, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $15,680 for Far Western US Region Industrial Production Tech students per year to attend OIT.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Oregon Institute of Technology Industrial Production Technology Report
California State University - Los Angeles came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Industrial Production Tech Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 31 ’s industrial production tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Cal State LA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Industrial Production Technology Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Cal State LA is $3,302 for Far Western US Region Industrial Production Tech students.
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 Production Technology at California State University - Los Angeles
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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
- *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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