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

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 analysis found SOWELA Technical Community College to be the best value school for industrial production technology students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Southeast Region . 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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The excellent basic certificate programs at Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value industrial production technology schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the rural area of Minden, NLTCC is a public school with a small student population.

NLTCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,109 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Danville Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value industrial production technology schools in the Southeast Region . 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 also claimed a spot on our Best Industrial Production Technology Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend John C Calhoun State Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Industrial Production Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the rural area of Tanner, Calhoun Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Calhoun Community College are $8,750 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tidewater Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Industrial Production Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Tidewater Community College is a fairly 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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Louisiana Delta Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Industrial Production Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Monroe, LDCC is a public college with a small student population.

LDCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,159 in tuition and fees each year.

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Eastern Florida State College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate industrial production technology programs. Located in the city of Melbourne, EFSC is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at EFSC are $10,976 per 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.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Nunez Community College are $4,255 per 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.

Coastal Alabama Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,670 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

ECPI University

Virginia Beach, VA

ECPI University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for industrial production technology students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Virginia Beach, ECPI University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, ECPI University also is in the top 15% of our Best Industrial Production Technology Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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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
South Carolina 34
Georgia 135
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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