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

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

Associate programs — top 100 of 265 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Baton Rouge Community CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana36$103,5721 year out$145,200$16,000 2Arkansas Northeastern CollegeBlytheville, Arkansas24$97,4061 year out——3Olympic CollegeBremerton, Washington179$86,3091 year out$85,925$6,875 4Bismarck State CollegeBismarck, North Dakota43$82,3101 year out$113,847$12,000 5Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon9$78,4501 year out$83,086—6Community College of Beaver CountyMonaca, Pennsylvania7$75,9491 year out——7SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles, Louisiana89$75,2391 year out$130,442$7,457 8Metropolitan Community College-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri14$74,8221 year out——9Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas68$64,4851 year out$71,955$15,834 10University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage, Alaska15$64,3641 year out$93,667$20,750 11Antelope Valley Community College DistrictLancaster, California—$60,3231 year out——12John C Calhoun State Community CollegeTanner, Alabama137$59,5671 year out$67,057$12,000 13North Dakota State College of ScienceWahpeton, North Dakota6$59,4891 year out—$18,609 14Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania11$59,0631 year out—$24,000 15River Parishes Community CollegeGonzales, Louisiana110$57,3791 year out$108,288$11,187 16Hudson Valley Community CollegeTroy, New York20$56,9971 year out$82,381—17Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana14$56,7751 year out$82,279$12,000 18Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana238$56,6331 year out$63,856$11,000 19ITI Technical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana62$56,2251 year out$85,518$18,383 20Danville Community CollegeDanville, Virginia19$55,8601 year out$78,250—21Coastal Alabama Community CollegeBay Minette, Alabama59$55,5701 year out$77,374—22Mitchell Technical CollegeMitchell, South Dakota19$50,3481 year out—$12,000 23Virginia Western Community CollegeRoanoke, Virginia26$49,2871 year out——24Sullivan UniversityLouisville, Kentucky0$47,1641 year out——25Nunez Community CollegeChalmette, Louisiana34$45,4911 year out$69,943$17,800 26Pearl River Community CollegePoplarville, Mississippi27$44,1621 year out$71,015$11,000 27South Louisiana Community CollegeLafayette, Louisiana32$44,0221 year out$50,375$13,500 28Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi48$43,6311 year out$66,502$12,000 29Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan52$42,8131 year out$37,041$15,000 30Pellissippi State Community CollegeKnoxville, Tennessee15$42,6721 year out——31New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, Rhode Island10$41,9701 year out—$17,500 32Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas70$36,5671 year out$57,377—33Northeast State Community CollegeBlountville, Tennessee42$34,8611 year out$45,313—34Southern Arkansas University TechCamden, Arkansas18$33,1481 year out—$7,350 35Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan34—1 year out——36Copiah-Lincoln Community CollegeWesson, Mississippi31—1 year out——37Kilgore CollegeKilgore, Texas24—1 year out$66,444—38Great Basin CollegeElko, Nevada23—1 year out$83,596—39West Georgia Technical CollegeWaco, Georgia22—1 year out——40Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmond, Kentucky21—1 year out$53,565—41James A. Rhodes State CollegeLima, Ohio21—1 year out——42Roane State Community CollegeHarriman, Tennessee21—1 year out——43J. F. Drake State Community and Technical CollegeHuntsville, Alabama19—1 year out——44Arkansas Tech UniversityRussellville, Arkansas19—1 year out——45Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota18—1 year out——46Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina18—1 year out——47State Technical College of MissouriLinn, Missouri17—1 year out——48Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah17—1 year out$98,935$20,600 49Patrick & Henry Community CollegeMartinsville, Virginia17—1 year out——50Panola CollegeCarthage, Texas16—1 year out——51Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier City, Louisiana15—1 year out——52Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan15—1 year out$84,172$16,750 53Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio15—1 year out$57,142—54William Rainey Harper CollegePalatine, Illinois14—1 year out——55H Councill Trenholm State Community CollegeMontgomery, Alabama13—1 year out——56Southeastern Louisiana UniversityHammond, Louisiana13—1 year out——57Manchester Community CollegeManchester, New Hampshire13—1 year out——58Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia13—1 year out——59Jackson CollegeJackson, Michigan12—1 year out——60Randolph Community CollegeAsheboro, North Carolina12—1 year out——61Nashville State Community CollegeNashville, Tennessee12—1 year out$62,356—62Chattahoochee Valley Community CollegePhenix City, Alabama11—1 year out——63Johnston Community CollegeSmithfield, North Carolina11—1 year out——64Rockingham Community CollegeWentworth, North Carolina11—1 year out——65Mountain Empire Community CollegeBig Stone Gap, Virginia11—1 year out$44,532—66Savannah Technical CollegeSavannah, Georgia10—1 year out——67Illinois Valley Community CollegeOglesby, Illinois10—1 year out——68Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, Ohio10—1 year out——69Quinsigamond Community CollegeWorcester, Massachusetts9—1 year out——70Crowder CollegeNeosho, Missouri9—1 year out——71University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio9—1 year out——72Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, South Carolina9—1 year out——73Blue Ridge Community CollegeWeyers Cave, Virginia9—1 year out——74Wytheville Community CollegeWytheville, Virginia9—1 year out——75University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, Alaska8—1 year out$79,658—76University of Arkansas Community College Rich MountainMena, Arkansas8—1 year out——77Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California8—1 year out——78Sierra CollegeRocklin, California8—1 year out——79Mid Michigan CollegeHarrison, Michigan8—1 year out——80Itawamba Community CollegeFulton, Mississippi8—1 year out——81Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri8—1 year out$49,556—82Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska8—1 year out——83San Juan CollegeFarmington, New Mexico8—1 year out$58,302—84Spartanburg Community CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina8—1 year out$75,696—85Eastern Shore Community CollegeMelfa, Virginia8—1 year out——86Southside Virginia Community CollegeAlberta, Virginia8—1 year out——87Edmonds CollegeLynnwood, Washington8—1 year out——88Black River Technical CollegePocahontas, Arkansas7—1 year out——89Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut7—1 year out——90College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois7—1 year out——91Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia, Michigan7—1 year out——92Moberly Area Community CollegeMoberly, Missouri7—1 year out——93Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina7—1 year out$55,409—94Owens Community CollegePerrysburg, Ohio7—1 year out——95University of Rio GrandeRio Grande, Ohio7—1 year out——96Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio7—1 year out——97Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon7—1 year out$54,366—98Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeHampton, Virginia7—1 year out——99Everett Community CollegeEverett, Washington7—1 year out——100Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin7—1 year out——

Certificate programs — top 100 of 264 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan40$70,6221 year out—$11,500 2Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana275$63,7961 year out$61,840$10,245 3Antelope Valley Community College DistrictLancaster, California18$63,0601 year out—$10,280 4Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas19$54,0681 year out—$9,500 5Metropolitan Community College-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri54$53,9671 year out—$9,089 6University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri92$49,1571 year out—$23,875 7Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas154$43,6021 year out$54,088—8Laurel Technical InstituteUniontown, Pennsylvania—$42,6111 year out——9Goodwin UniversityEast Hartford, Connecticut83$41,9111 year out—$5,500 10Crowder CollegeNeosho, Missouri34$36,1481 year out——11Pine Technical & Community CollegePine City, Minnesota30$32,0631 year out——12Hohokus School of Trade and Technical SciencesPaterson, New Jersey13$28,6641 year out$42,331$10,243 13Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita, Kansas41$24,9131 year out$57,494$6,887 14Olympic CollegeBremerton, Washington362—1 year out$79,811—15John C Calhoun State Community CollegeTanner, Alabama335—1 year out——16SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles, Louisiana176—1 year out——17Baton Rouge Community CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana165—1 year out——18River Parishes Community CollegeGonzales, Louisiana152—1 year out——19Coastal Alabama Community CollegeBay Minette, Alabama121—1 year out——20Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi93—1 year out——21Washburn Institute of TechnologyTopeka, Kansas84—1 year out——22Shoreline CollegeShoreline, Washington82—1 year out——23Black River Technical CollegePocahontas, Arkansas72—1 year out——24Truckee Meadows Community CollegeReno, Nevada69—1 year out——25Nunez Community CollegeChalmette, Louisiana68—1 year out——26Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut66—1 year out$51,510—27Everett Community CollegeEverett, Washington62—1 year out——28Western Nevada CollegeCarson City, Nevada60—1 year out——29Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio58—1 year out——30University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky54—1 year out——31Camden County CollegeBlackwood, New Jersey49—1 year out——32Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio49—1 year out——33Danville Community CollegeDanville, Virginia49—1 year out——34Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona48—1 year out——35Butte CollegeOroville, California47—1 year out——36J. F. Drake State Community and Technical CollegeHuntsville, Alabama46—1 year out——37H Councill Trenholm State Community CollegeMontgomery, Alabama46—1 year out——38Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin46—1 year out——39Cossatot Community College of the University of ArkansasDe Queen, Arkansas43—1 year out——40Reedley CollegeReedley, California43—1 year out——41Erie Institute of Technology IncErie, Pennsylvania43—1 year out——42Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas40—1 year out——43Washington County Career Center-Adult Technical TrainingMarietta, Ohio39—1 year out——44Southside Virginia Community CollegeAlberta, Virginia38—1 year out——45Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin38—1 year out——46Chattahoochee Valley Community CollegePhenix City, Alabama37—1 year out——47New River Community CollegeDublin, Virginia36—1 year out——48Central Arizona CollegeCoolidge, Arizona35—1 year out——49Owens Community CollegePerrysburg, Ohio35—1 year out——50Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia34—1 year out——51The Fab SchoolRancho Cucamonga, California34—1 year out——52Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona30—1 year out——53Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida30—1 year out——54Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois30—1 year out——55Kankakee Community CollegeKankakee, Illinois29—1 year out——56Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, South Carolina29—1 year out——57Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio28—1 year out——58Panola CollegeCarthage, Texas28—1 year out$68,580—59Ogden-Weber Technical CollegeOgden, Utah28—1 year out——60Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky27—1 year out——61Central Louisiana Technical Community CollegeAlexandria, Louisiana27—1 year out——62Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia27—1 year out——63Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier City, Louisiana26—1 year out——64Jackson CollegeJackson, Michigan26—1 year out——65James A. Rhodes State CollegeLima, Ohio25—1 year out——66Davis Technical CollegeKaysville, Utah25—1 year out——67Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio24—1 year out——68Washington State College of OhioMarietta, Ohio24—1 year out——69Rogue Community CollegeGrants Pass, Oregon24—1 year out——70Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah24—1 year out——71Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, Kentucky23—1 year out——72Terra State Community CollegeFremont, Ohio23—1 year out——73Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California22—1 year out——74Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota21—1 year out$67,462—75Normandale Community CollegeBloomington, Minnesota21—1 year out——76Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon21—1 year out——77Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeHampton, Virginia21—1 year out——78Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky20—1 year out——79Chattanooga State Community CollegeChattanooga, Tennessee20—1 year out——80Pellissippi State Community CollegeKnoxville, Tennessee20—1 year out——81Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California19—1 year out——82Nashville State Community CollegeNashville, Tennessee19—1 year out——83Kilgore CollegeKilgore, Texas19—1 year out——84Hopkinsville Community CollegeHopkinsville, Kentucky18—1 year out——85Virginia Highlands Community CollegeAbingdon, Virginia17—1 year out——86Highland Community CollegeFreeport, Illinois16—1 year out——87Northeast Texas Community CollegeMount Pleasant, Texas16—1 year out——88Southwest Virginia Community CollegeCedar Bluff, Virginia16—1 year out——89Northwest Technical InstituteSpringdale, Arkansas15—1 year out——90Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, Ohio15—1 year out——91Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana15—1 year out——92Mid-America Technology CenterWayne, Oklahoma15—1 year out——93City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley CollegeChicago, Illinois14—1 year out——94Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois14—1 year out——95Central Carolina Community CollegeSanford, North Carolina14—1 year out——96Turtle Mountain CollegeBelcourt, North Dakota14—1 year out——97Edison State Community CollegePiqua, Ohio14—1 year out——98Tennessee College of Applied Technology-ElizabethtonElizabethton, Tennessee14—1 year out——99Patrick & Henry Community CollegeMartinsville, Virginia14—1 year out——100Southern Union State Community CollegeWadley, Alabama14—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 (—).