2026 Best Value Industrial Technology/Technician Schools in Washington
[Industrial Technology/Technician](/majors/engineering-technologies/industrial-production-technology/industrial-technology-technician/) is a field worth comparing on the balance of cost and outcomes. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for industrial technology/technician students.
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2026 Best Value Industrial Technology/Technician Schools in Washington
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in industrial technology/technician, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Industrial Technology/Technician Schools
Leading the list is Olympic College, our #1 best value for industrial technology/technician in Washington. Olympic College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Bremerton. In-state tuition and fees average $4,472, with out-of-state students paying around $9,740. Industrial Technology/technician graduates carry a median of $6,875 in student loans. Early-career industrial technology/technician graduates make about $86,309. That is a strong return on a $6,875 median debt.
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 2 ranked 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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