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2023 Best Value Industrial Production Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

17 Colleges
$11,257 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Industrial Production Technology Basic Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, industrial production technology was ranked #16 in the country. In fact 11,288 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

The Best Value Industrial Production Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Southeast Region to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for industrial production tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Industrial Production Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for industrial production tech majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Top 10 Best Industrial Production Technology Basic Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named SOWELA Technical Community College the best value school in the Southeast Region for industrial production technology students working on their basic certificate. SOWELA is a small public school located in the city of Lake Charles.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SOWELA are $4,325 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Industrial Production Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the rural area of Minden, NLTCC is a public school with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NLTCC are $4,109 per year.

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Out of the 17 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Danville Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Danville Community College is a small public school located in the distant town of Danville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Danville Community College are $10,728 per year.

Danville Community College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Industrial Production Technology Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means John C Calhoun State Community College is a great value for industrial production technology students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Tanner, Calhoun Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Calhoun Community College are $8,750 per year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Tidewater Community College is a great value for industrial production technology students working on their basic certificate. Tidewater Community College is a large public school located in the midsize city of Norfolk.

Tidewater Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $11,564 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #6, Louisiana Delta Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for industrial production technology students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Monroe, LDCC is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LDCC are $4,159 per year.

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Eastern Florida State College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Industrial Production Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Melbourne, EFSC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

EFSC undergraduate students pay an average of $10,976 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Nunez Community College

Chalmette, LA

Nunez Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Industrial Production Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Chalmette, Nunez Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Nunez Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,255 in tuition and fees each year.

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Coastal Alabama Community College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate industrial production technology programs. Coastal Alabama Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Bay Minette.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Coastal Alabama Community College are $8,670 a year.

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#10

ECPI University

Virginia Beach, VA

ECPI University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Industrial Production Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Virginia Beach, ECPI University is a private for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ECPI University are $18,484 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, ECPI University is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Industrial Production Technology Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Best Industrial Production Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best industrial production technology colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 135
South Carolina 34
Arkansas 183
North Carolina 417
Florida 90
West Virginia 41
Louisiana 1,153
Virginia 390
Alabama 1,047
Kentucky 278
Tennessee 171
Mississippi 286

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, industrial production technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Industrial Production Tech Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Manufacturing Engineering Technology 4,587
Industrial Technology 4,134
Other Industrial Production Technologies 1,752
Welding Engineering Technology 328
Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology 290
Composite Materials Technology 106
Metallurgical Technology 45
Chemical Engineering Technology 43
Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology 3

Majors Similar to Industrial Production Tech

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347
Engineering-Related Fields 6,553

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 17 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to ICAPlants.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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