2026 Best Value Industrial Technology/Technician Schools in Iowa
[Industrial Technology/Technician](/majors/engineering-technologies/industrial-production-technology/industrial-technology-technician/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong industrial technology/technician education at a price that pays off.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 3 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 Iowa
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the industrial technology/technician degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Industrial Technology/Technician Schools
University Of Northern Iowa tops our 2026 list of the best value industrial technology/technician schools in Iowa. Set in the city of Cedar Falls, University Of Northern Iowa is a large public institution. In-state tuition and fees average $9,936, while out-of-state students pay about $21,712. Students borrow a median of $23,213 to complete the industrial technology/technician program here. Early-career industrial technology/technician graduates make about $69,122. Set against $23,213 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. University Of Northern Iowa admits about 93% of applicants.
Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 3 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 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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