Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians

10,621 students earn a industrial production technologies/technicians credential each year across 439 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $60,468
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $77,547

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Bachelor's programs — 98 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina193$63,3241 year out$77,547$20,625 2Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana124$68,5821 year out$88,846$21,345 3Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas104$68,1541 year out—$22,462 4Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan86$78,8201 year out$90,928$24,250 5Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, Mississippi76$57,9231 year out$72,000$22,500 6University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg, Mississippi69$75,4931 year out—$31,250 7University of Puerto Rico-AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico63—1 year out$34,307$5,500 8Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana62$44,3231 year out$60,250$20,228 9University of Wisconsin-PlattevillePlatteville, Wisconsin58$67,7421 year out$81,920$25,125 10Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois57$73,2831 year out$71,582$22,000 11Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburg, Kansas54$64,7031 year out$82,387$22,250 12California State University-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California53$45,2871 year out$63,884$15,883 13Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania49$60,4681 year out$81,358$27,000 14Lamar UniversityBeaumont, Texas45$84,7461 year out$79,275$37,672 15Wayne State CollegeWayne, Nebraska43$54,6001 year out—$25,000 16Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky39$60,6751 year out$72,873—17Tarleton State UniversityStephenville, Texas38$55,0361 year out$74,385$25,750 18Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain, Connecticut37$74,8891 year out$83,277$18,750 19California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California36$78,9381 year out—$18,250 20California State University-FresnoFresno, California34$42,8071 year out$71,074$10,518 21The University of Texas at TylerTyler, Texas33—1 year out——22Northern Kentucky UniversityHighland Heights, Kentucky31$67,6411 year out$84,729$25,500 23Southeastern Louisiana UniversityHammond, Louisiana31$47,4531 year out$67,391$20,625 24University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa30$69,1221 year out$84,528$23,213 25Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York30$59,1771 year out—$23,497 26Southeast Missouri State UniversityCape Girardeau, Missouri29$56,9511 year out$73,507$24,489 27Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho28$85,4111 year out——28North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, North Carolina28$44,3781 year out$48,795$30,272 29University of Arkansas at Pine BluffPine Bluff, Arkansas26$61,9461 year out—$25,262 30Texas A&M University-KingsvilleKingsville, Texas25$50,0391 year out$66,401$23,347 31Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah23$75,2811 year out$92,775$26,500 32Northwest Missouri State UniversityMaryville, Missouri22$46,6471 year out$52,216$19,145 33The University of Texas Permian BasinOdessa, Texas21—1 year out——34Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, Pennsylvania20$52,2091 year out$65,792$27,000 35Jacksonville State UniversityJacksonville, Alabama18—1 year out——36Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia18$34,6181 year out—$28,250 37Saint Cloud State UniversitySaint Cloud, Minnesota17$69,6161 year out$69,521$16,084 38Shawnee State UniversityPortsmouth, Ohio17$57,6821 year out$88,820$24,500 39Murray State UniversityMurray, Kentucky16—1 year out——40Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota16$64,5281 year out$80,240$28,500 41Jackson State UniversityJackson, Mississippi16$36,3781 year out$52,968$30,242 42Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana15$78,2151 year out—$20,500 43Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan15$63,6651 year out$91,015$29,875 44Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado14—1 year out——45Saginaw Valley State UniversityUniversity Center, Michigan14—1 year out——46Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania14—1 year out——47University of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayette, Louisiana13$45,7561 year out$68,385$23,125 48University of DaytonDayton, Ohio13$70,5591 year out—$26,405 49SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffalo, New York12$48,3551 year out$74,319$29,500 50Ohio Northern UniversityAda, Ohio12—1 year out$77,928—51Virginia State UniversityPetersburg, Virginia12—1 year out——52Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington12—1 year out——53Oregon Institute of TechnologyKlamath Falls, Oregon11—1 year out——54San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California10—1 year out——55Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois10$51,8391 year out$79,726$23,000 56University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio10—1 year out——57Northwestern State University of LouisianaNatchitoches, Louisiana9$45,6391 year out$75,283$25,625 58Siena Heights UniversityAdrian, Michigan9—1 year out——59Bemidji State UniversityBemidji, Minnesota9—1 year out$79,984—60Mississippi Valley State UniversityItta Bena, Mississippi9—1 year out——61Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional CampusesAngola, Indiana9—1 year out——62Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, Massachusetts8$56,3361 year out$77,888$27,000 63Missouri Southern State UniversityJoplin, Missouri7—1 year out$79,902—64Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York7—1 year out——65Oklahoma Panhandle State UniversityGoodwell, Oklahoma7—1 year out——66Missouri Western State UniversitySaint Joseph, Missouri6—1 year out——67East Texas A&M UniversityCommerce, Texas6—1 year out——68Texas Southern UniversityHouston, Texas6—1 year out——69University of Southern IndianaEvansville, Indiana5—1 year out——70University of Rio GrandeRio Grande, Ohio5—1 year out——71Sul Ross State UniversityAlpine, Texas5—1 year out——72Goodwin UniversityEast Hartford, Connecticut4—1 year out——73University of IdahoMoscow, Idaho4—1 year out——74University of Southern MainePortland, Maine4$58,5381 year out$59,339$24,771 75Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan4—1 year out——76Southwestern Oklahoma State UniversityWeatherford, Oklahoma4—1 year out——77Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont4—1 year out——78Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana3—1 year out——79Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan3—1 year out$94,750—80Lake Superior State UniversitySault Ste Marie, Michigan3—1 year out——81Northern Michigan UniversityMarquette, Michigan3—1 year out——82Central State UniversityWilberforce, Ohio3—1 year out——83Middle Georgia State UniversityMacon, Georgia3—1 year out——84William Penn UniversityOskaloosa, Iowa2—1 year out——85LeTourneau UniversityLongview, Texas2—1 year out——86Harrisburg University of Science and TechnologyHarrisburg, Pennsylvania2—1 year out——87California State University-ChicoChico, California1—1 year out——88Dalton State CollegeDalton, Georgia1—1 year out——89Valdosta State UniversityValdosta, Georgia1—1 year out——90Jackson CollegeJackson, Michigan1—1 year out——91Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri1—1 year out——92Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, Massachusetts1—1 year out——93Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, Illinois0$58,8171 year out$76,860$23,000 94Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana——1 year out$80,533—95Fort Hays State UniversityHays, Kansas——1 year out$57,241—96Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio—$66,5911 year out$84,701$26,863 97Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsville, Texas—$49,6231 year out—$21,500 98Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington0—1 year out$85,042—

Associate programs — top 100 of 265 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana238$56,6331 year out$63,856$11,000 2Olympic CollegeBremerton, Washington179$86,3091 year out$85,925$6,875 3John C Calhoun State Community CollegeTanner, Alabama137$59,5671 year out$67,057$12,000 4River Parishes Community CollegeGonzales, Louisiana110$57,3791 year out$108,288$11,187 5SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles, Louisiana89$75,2391 year out$130,442$7,457 6Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas70$36,5671 year out$57,377—7Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas68$64,4851 year out$71,955$15,834 8ITI Technical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana62$56,2251 year out$85,518$18,383 9Coastal Alabama Community CollegeBay Minette, Alabama59$55,5701 year out$77,374—10Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan52$42,8131 year out$37,041$15,000 11Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi48$43,6311 year out$66,502$12,000 12Bismarck State CollegeBismarck, North Dakota43$82,3101 year out$113,847$12,000 13Northeast State Community CollegeBlountville, Tennessee42$34,8611 year out$45,313—14Baton Rouge Community CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana36$103,5721 year out$145,200$16,000 15Nunez Community CollegeChalmette, Louisiana34$45,4911 year out$69,943$17,800 16Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan34—1 year out——17South Louisiana Community CollegeLafayette, Louisiana32$44,0221 year out$50,375$13,500 18Copiah-Lincoln Community CollegeWesson, Mississippi31—1 year out——19Pearl River Community CollegePoplarville, Mississippi27$44,1621 year out$71,015$11,000 20Virginia Western Community CollegeRoanoke, Virginia26$49,2871 year out——21Arkansas Northeastern CollegeBlytheville, Arkansas24$97,4061 year out——22Kilgore CollegeKilgore, Texas24—1 year out$66,444—23Great Basin CollegeElko, Nevada23—1 year out$83,596—24West Georgia Technical CollegeWaco, Georgia22—1 year out——25Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmond, Kentucky21—1 year out$53,565—26James A. Rhodes State CollegeLima, Ohio21—1 year out——27Roane State Community CollegeHarriman, Tennessee21—1 year out——28Hudson Valley Community CollegeTroy, New York20$56,9971 year out$82,381—29J. F. Drake State Community and Technical CollegeHuntsville, Alabama19—1 year out——30Arkansas Tech UniversityRussellville, Arkansas19—1 year out——31Mitchell Technical CollegeMitchell, South Dakota19$50,3481 year out—$12,000 32Danville Community CollegeDanville, Virginia19$55,8601 year out$78,250—33Southern Arkansas University TechCamden, Arkansas18$33,1481 year out—$7,350 34Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota18—1 year out——35Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina18—1 year out——36State Technical College of MissouriLinn, Missouri17—1 year out——37Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah17—1 year out$98,935$20,600 38Patrick & Henry Community CollegeMartinsville, Virginia17—1 year out——39Panola CollegeCarthage, Texas16—1 year out——40University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage, Alaska15$64,3641 year out$93,667$20,750 41Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier City, Louisiana15—1 year out——42Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan15—1 year out$84,172$16,750 43Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio15—1 year out$57,142—44Pellissippi State Community CollegeKnoxville, Tennessee15$42,6721 year out——45William Rainey Harper CollegePalatine, Illinois14—1 year out——46Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana14$56,7751 year out$82,279$12,000 47Metropolitan Community College-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri14$74,8221 year out——48H Councill Trenholm State Community CollegeMontgomery, Alabama13—1 year out——49Southeastern Louisiana UniversityHammond, Louisiana13—1 year out——50Manchester Community CollegeManchester, New Hampshire13—1 year out——51Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia13—1 year out——52Jackson CollegeJackson, Michigan12—1 year out——53Randolph Community CollegeAsheboro, North Carolina12—1 year out——54Nashville State Community CollegeNashville, Tennessee12—1 year out$62,356—55Chattahoochee Valley Community CollegePhenix City, Alabama11—1 year out——56Johnston Community CollegeSmithfield, North Carolina11—1 year out——57Rockingham Community CollegeWentworth, North Carolina11—1 year out——58Mountain Empire Community CollegeBig Stone Gap, Virginia11—1 year out$44,532—59Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania11$59,0631 year out—$24,000 60Savannah Technical CollegeSavannah, Georgia10—1 year out——61Illinois Valley Community CollegeOglesby, Illinois10—1 year out——62Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, Ohio10—1 year out——63New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, Rhode Island10$41,9701 year out—$17,500 64Quinsigamond Community CollegeWorcester, Massachusetts9—1 year out——65Crowder CollegeNeosho, Missouri9—1 year out——66University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio9—1 year out——67Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon9$78,4501 year out$83,086—68Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, South Carolina9—1 year out——69Blue Ridge Community CollegeWeyers Cave, Virginia9—1 year out——70Wytheville Community CollegeWytheville, Virginia9—1 year out——71University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, Alaska8—1 year out$79,658—72University of Arkansas Community College Rich MountainMena, Arkansas8—1 year out——73Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California8—1 year out——74Sierra CollegeRocklin, California8—1 year out——75Mid Michigan CollegeHarrison, Michigan8—1 year out——76Itawamba Community CollegeFulton, Mississippi8—1 year out——77Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri8—1 year out$49,556—78Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska8—1 year out——79San Juan CollegeFarmington, New Mexico8—1 year out$58,302—80Spartanburg Community CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina8—1 year out$75,696—81Eastern Shore Community CollegeMelfa, Virginia8—1 year out——82Southside Virginia Community CollegeAlberta, Virginia8—1 year out——83Edmonds CollegeLynnwood, Washington8—1 year out——84Black River Technical CollegePocahontas, Arkansas7—1 year out——85Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut7—1 year out——86College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois7—1 year out——87Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia, Michigan7—1 year out——88Moberly Area Community CollegeMoberly, Missouri7—1 year out——89Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina7—1 year out$55,409—90Owens Community CollegePerrysburg, Ohio7—1 year out——91University of Rio GrandeRio Grande, Ohio7—1 year out——92Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio7—1 year out——93Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon7—1 year out$54,366—94Community College of Beaver CountyMonaca, Pennsylvania7$75,9491 year out——95Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeHampton, Virginia7—1 year out——96Everett Community CollegeEverett, Washington7—1 year out——97Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin7—1 year out——98University of Puerto Rico-AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico7—1 year out——99Klamath Community CollegeKlamath Falls, Oregon7—1 year out——100North Dakota State College of ScienceWahpeton, North Dakota6$59,4891 year out—$18,609

Certificate programs — top 100 of 264 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Olympic CollegeBremerton, Washington362—1 year out$79,811—2John C Calhoun State Community CollegeTanner, Alabama335—1 year out——3Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana275$63,7961 year out$61,840$10,245 4SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles, Louisiana176—1 year out——5Baton Rouge Community CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana165—1 year out——6Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas154$43,6021 year out$54,088—7River Parishes Community CollegeGonzales, Louisiana152—1 year out——8Coastal Alabama Community CollegeBay Minette, Alabama121—1 year out——9Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi93—1 year out——10University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri92$49,1571 year out—$23,875 11Washburn Institute of TechnologyTopeka, Kansas84—1 year out——12Goodwin UniversityEast Hartford, Connecticut83$41,9111 year out—$5,500 13Shoreline CollegeShoreline, Washington82—1 year out——14Black River Technical CollegePocahontas, Arkansas72—1 year out——15Truckee Meadows Community CollegeReno, Nevada69—1 year out——16Nunez Community CollegeChalmette, Louisiana68—1 year out——17Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut66—1 year out$51,510—18Everett Community CollegeEverett, Washington62—1 year out——19Western Nevada CollegeCarson City, Nevada60—1 year out——20Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio58—1 year out——21University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky54—1 year out——22Metropolitan Community College-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri54$53,9671 year out—$9,089 23Camden County CollegeBlackwood, New Jersey49—1 year out——24Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio49—1 year out——25Danville Community CollegeDanville, Virginia49—1 year out——26Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona48—1 year out——27Butte CollegeOroville, California47—1 year out——28J. F. Drake State Community and Technical CollegeHuntsville, Alabama46—1 year out——29H Councill Trenholm State Community CollegeMontgomery, Alabama46—1 year out——30Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin46—1 year out——31Cossatot Community College of the University of ArkansasDe Queen, Arkansas43—1 year out——32Reedley CollegeReedley, California43—1 year out——33Erie Institute of Technology IncErie, Pennsylvania43—1 year out——34Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita, Kansas41$24,9131 year out$57,494$6,887 35Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan40$70,6221 year out—$11,500 36Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas40—1 year out——37Washington County Career Center-Adult Technical TrainingMarietta, Ohio39—1 year out——38Southside Virginia Community CollegeAlberta, Virginia38—1 year out——39Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin38—1 year out——40Chattahoochee Valley Community CollegePhenix City, Alabama37—1 year out——41New River Community CollegeDublin, Virginia36—1 year out——42Central Arizona CollegeCoolidge, Arizona35—1 year out——43Owens Community CollegePerrysburg, Ohio35—1 year out——44Crowder CollegeNeosho, Missouri34$36,1481 year out——45Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia34—1 year out——46The Fab SchoolRancho Cucamonga, California34—1 year out——47Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona30—1 year out——48Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida30—1 year out——49Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois30—1 year out——50Pine Technical & Community CollegePine City, Minnesota30$32,0631 year out——51Kankakee Community CollegeKankakee, Illinois29—1 year out——52Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, South Carolina29—1 year out——53Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio28—1 year out——54Panola CollegeCarthage, Texas28—1 year out$68,580—55Ogden-Weber Technical CollegeOgden, Utah28—1 year out——56Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky27—1 year out——57Central Louisiana Technical Community CollegeAlexandria, Louisiana27—1 year out——58Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia27—1 year out——59Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier City, Louisiana26—1 year out——60Jackson CollegeJackson, Michigan26—1 year out——61James A. Rhodes State CollegeLima, Ohio25—1 year out——62Davis Technical CollegeKaysville, Utah25—1 year out——63Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio24—1 year out——64Washington State College of OhioMarietta, Ohio24—1 year out——65Rogue Community CollegeGrants Pass, Oregon24—1 year out——66Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah24—1 year out——67Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, Kentucky23—1 year out——68Terra State Community CollegeFremont, Ohio23—1 year out——69Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California22—1 year out——70Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota21—1 year out$67,462—71Normandale Community CollegeBloomington, Minnesota21—1 year out——72Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon21—1 year out——73Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeHampton, Virginia21—1 year out——74Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky20—1 year out——75Chattanooga State Community CollegeChattanooga, Tennessee20—1 year out——76Pellissippi State Community CollegeKnoxville, Tennessee20—1 year out——77Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California19—1 year out——78Nashville State Community CollegeNashville, Tennessee19—1 year out——79Kilgore CollegeKilgore, Texas19—1 year out——80Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas19$54,0681 year out—$9,500 81Antelope Valley Community College DistrictLancaster, California18$63,0601 year out—$10,280 82Hopkinsville Community CollegeHopkinsville, Kentucky18—1 year out——83Virginia Highlands Community CollegeAbingdon, Virginia17—1 year out——84Highland Community CollegeFreeport, Illinois16—1 year out——85Northeast Texas Community CollegeMount Pleasant, Texas16—1 year out——86Southwest Virginia Community CollegeCedar Bluff, Virginia16—1 year out——87Northwest Technical InstituteSpringdale, Arkansas15—1 year out——88Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, Ohio15—1 year out——89Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana15—1 year out——90Mid-America Technology CenterWayne, Oklahoma15—1 year out——91City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley CollegeChicago, Illinois14—1 year out——92Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois14—1 year out——93Central Carolina Community CollegeSanford, North Carolina14—1 year out——94Turtle Mountain CollegeBelcourt, North Dakota14—1 year out——95Edison State Community CollegePiqua, Ohio14—1 year out——96Tennessee College of Applied Technology-ElizabethtonElizabethton, Tennessee14—1 year out——97Patrick & Henry Community CollegeMartinsville, Virginia14—1 year out——98Southern Union State Community CollegeWadley, Alabama14—1 year out——99Arkansas Northeastern CollegeBlytheville, Arkansas13—1 year out——100Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan13—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).