Industrial Production Technology at University of Southern Mississippi

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

Southern Miss is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and approximately 14,606 students attend the school each year.

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

Southern Miss Industrial Production Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Production Tech

Online Classes Are Available at Southern Miss

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Southern Miss offers distance education options for industrial production tech at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Southern Miss Industrial Production Technology Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The industrial production tech major at Southern Miss is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Industrial Production 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
Most Popular Online Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	3
Most Popular Online Industrial Production Technology Trade Schools	3
Best Value Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Popular Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	12
Most Focused Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	23
Best Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	23
	26
Best Value Industrial Production Technology Schools	37
Best Industrial Production Technology Trade Schools	37
Most Popular Industrial Production Technology Trade Schools	40
	54
Most Focused Industrial Production Technology Trade Schools	148

Industrial Production Tech Student Demographics at Southern Miss

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the industrial production tech majors at University of Southern Mississippi.

Southern Miss Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of industrial production tech bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women. The typical industrial production tech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% women. So female students are more repesented at Southern Miss since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in industrial production tech at Southern Miss are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its industrial production tech bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	33
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentrations Within Industrial Production Technology

If you plan to be a industrial production tech major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Southern Mississippi. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Industrial Technology	55

Related Majors

• Electronics Engineering Technology
• Computer Engineering Technology
• Architectural Engineering Technology

Careers That Industrial Production Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in industrial production 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 MS, the home state for University of Southern Mississippi.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	5,770	$44,350
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians	1,010	$64,070
Engineering Technicians	560	$60,500
Industrial Engineering Technicians	290	$46,660

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 Dudemanfellabra under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.