If you plan on getting your associate degree in industrial production technology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #46 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 77 associate degrees in industrial production technology to qualified students.
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Average Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on industrial production technology students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of industrial production technology students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt industrial production technology students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized industrial production technology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for industrial production technology students working on their associate degree.
The industrial production tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.
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It's difficult to beat Pennsylvania College of Technology if you want to pursue an associate degree in industrial production technology. Penn College is a small public college located in the small city of Williamsport.
Students who graduate with their associate from the industrial production tech program report average early career earnings of $59,063.
Hudson Valley Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in industrial production technology. HVCC is a medium-sized public college located in the small city of Troy.
Students who graduate with their associate from the industrial production tech program report average early career income of $56,997.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
