2021 Best Industrial Production Technology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
8Colleges
675Bachelor's Degrees
$21,568Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Industrial Production Technology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Industrial Production Technology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in industrial production tech. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great industrial production technology programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the industrial production technology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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2021 Best Industrial Production Technology Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying industrial production tech.
Best Industrial Production Technology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Ferris State University has taken the #1 spot in this year's industrial production technology ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ferris, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 1.6% of Ferris students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,983 students at Ferris that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,072 part time students in attendance at Ferris.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Wisconsin - Platteville. UW - Platteville is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Platteville. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UW - Platteville has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UW - Platteville is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 1,377 students at UW - Platteville that take at least one class online. About 1,256 of the students at UW - Platteville are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Eastern Illinois University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. EIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Charleston. EIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 2.4% of EIU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,449 students at EIU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,894 part time students in attendance at EIU.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best industrial production technology schools for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population. SIUC not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 2.4% of SIUC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,640 students at SIUC that take at least one class online. 2,629 of SIUC students are attending part time.
Illinois State University landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best industrial production technology schools for non-traditional students. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Illinois State, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. Approximately 7,464 students take at least one class online at Illinois State. 2,500 of Illinois State students are attending part time.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Western Michigan University. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public college with a large student population. WMU also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at WMU is lower than is typical, just 2.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 10,416 students at WMU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 5,241 part time students in attendance at WMU.
Ohio University - Athens Campus comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the town of Athens. OHIO Athens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Industrial Production Technology in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at OHIO Athens is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 11,926 students take at least one class online at OHIO Athens. 7,245 of OHIO Athens students are attending part time.
Vincennes University comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Located in the remote town of Vincennes, Vincennes University is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 4.3%. There are approximately 1,321 students at Vincennes University that take at least one class online. There are roughly 12,290 part time students in attendance at Vincennes University.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Industrial Production Tech
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 8 schools only.
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 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).
