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title: Is an Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians degree worth the debt?
cip: 1506
source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard — Field of Study (2026-06-10 release)
sourceId: src:doe:college-scorecard:field-of-study:2026-06-10
---

# Is an Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians degree worth the debt?

Leading with the **Bachelor's**, across **50** colleges (50 of 50 programs report earnings):

- **Median pay, 1 year after completion:** $56,458 ($52,920 at 2 years)
- **Median federal debt:** $21,125 (federal loans only)
- **Debt-to-earnings:** 0.40× a first year's pay
- **Across-college spread (middle 50%):** $50,032–$61,954 — the program you choose moves the number this much.


**How to read this:** these are MEDIANS across college programs, measured **1–2 years after completion** (early career, graduates only) — NOT lifetime earnings, and NOT comparable to a college's 10-years-after-entry figure. They cover **federally-aided completers at programs large enough to report**; small programs are suppressed. A field median is not a prediction of your outcome, not causal (who enters a field differs by field), and **not a "best majors" ranking** — earnings are one dimension of worth. Verify by field at the official College Scorecard (https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/).

## By degree level

| Level | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt | Debt/pay | Colleges | Programs reporting |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Certificate | $38,836 | $8,000 | 0.17× | 11 | 11/11 |
| Associate's | $48,074 | $12,000 | 0.23× | 39 | 39/39 |
| Bachelor's | $56,458 | $21,125 | 0.40× | 50 | 50/50 |
| Master's | $47,827 | — | — | 3 | 3/3 |

## Where an Bachelor's in this field reports the highest early-career pay

Reflects who enrolls and where, not causal program quality.

| College | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho (ID) | $98,723 | — |
| University of Dayton (OH) | $75,715 | $26,750 |
| Ferris State University (MI) | $70,938 | $23,451 |
| Weber State University (UT) | $70,126 | $19,497 |
| Ohio Northern University (OH) | $66,764 | — |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (IL) | $64,959 | $21,000 |
| Central Connecticut State University (CT) | $64,906 | $18,363 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station (TX) | $64,503 | $22,353 |
| Northern Kentucky University (KY) | $64,058 | $26,000 |
| Western Michigan University (MI) | $63,559 | $29,000 |
| Pennsylvania College of Technology (PA) | $62,643 | $26,975 |
| Oregon Institute of Technology (OR) | $62,170 | — |
| SUNY Buffalo State University (NY) | $62,019 | $25,324 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus (IN) | $61,758 | $19,813 |
| University of Wisconsin-Platteville (WI) | $61,584 | $25,000 |

RECORDED College Scorecard figures + one DERIVED ratio (debt-to-earnings). Informs and compares; not advice on what to major in. Each college's full record: `/education/<slug>`.

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