Industrial Technology at Ferris State University

If you are interested in studying industrial technology/technician, you may want to check out the program at Ferris State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Ferris is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and has a total student population of 11,165.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Industrial Technology section at the bottom of this page.

Ferris Industrial Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Tech

Ferris Industrial Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the industrial tech progam at Ferris compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The industrial tech major at Ferris is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Industrial Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
	11
Most Focused Industrial Technology Basic Certificate Trade Schools	32
Most Popular Industrial Technology Basic Certificate Trade Schools	32

Industrial Tech Student Demographics at Ferris

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the industrial tech majors at Ferris State University.

Ferris Industrial Technology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 44 industrial tech students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Ferris, about 89% were men and 11% were women.

About 95% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in industrial tech at Ferris are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ferris State University with a bachelor's in industrial tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	42
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Ferris also has a doctoral program available in industrial tech. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Industrial Production Technologies
• Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology

Careers That Industrial Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in industrial tech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Ferris State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Industrial Engineering Technicians	4,430	$54,320

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.