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Best Value Industrial Production Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Best Value Industrial Production Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$5,069 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,985 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Industrial Production Technology Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Industrial Production Technology is the #16 most popular major in the country with 11,288 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Industrial Production Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which undergraduate 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Industrial Production Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Industrial Production Technology

#1

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Lone Star College System the best value school in the Southwest Region for industrial production technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of The Woodlands, North Harris Montgomery is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Harris Montgomery are $6,456 per year. Industrial Production Tech majors at North Harris Montgomery take out an average of $5,718 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Read full report on Industrial Production Technology at Lone Star College System

#2

San Juan College

Farmington, NM

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means San Juan College is a great value for industrial production technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. SJC is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Farmington.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SJC are $4,882 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas State Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Industrial Production Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. TSTC is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Waco.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at TSTC are $11,094 a year. The average amount in student loans that industrial production tech majors at TSTC take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $10,936.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, TSTC is ranked #2 for overall quality for industrial production tech in the Southwest Region .

Full Industrial Production Technology at Texas State Technical College Report

#4

Kilgore College

Kilgore, TX

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Kilgore College is a great value for industrial production technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the town of Kilgore, Kilgore College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Kilgore College are $5,256 per year.

Full Industrial Production Technology at Kilgore College Report

Best Industrial Production Technology Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 24
Texas 1,024
Oklahoma 31
New Mexico 28

Industrial Production Technology is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Industrial Production Tech Concentrations

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 4 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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