By major · Industrial Technology
Where can your student actually get into industrial technology?
In 2022-23, 54 colleges awarded a bachelor's degree in industrial technology, 4 of them in California. The biggest program that year was East Carolina University, with 164 graduates. We build this page from federal data for every college that awards the degree, so it is the whole field rather than a shortlist.
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At a glance · California
- 4 colleges in California offer a bachelor's industrial technology program; every one of them awarded the degree in 2022-23 (federal IPEDS completions).
- Largest programs by graduates in 2022-23: California State University-Los Angeles (53), California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (36), California State University-Fresno (34).
- Hardest reported gate into the program (only the UC and the CSU publish one): California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo — Industrial Technology, Fall 2025: 312 applied, 115 admitted (36.9%).
- Highest reported admit rate into the program: California State University-Fresno — 100.0% (42 applied, 42 admitted, Fall 2025).
- Lowest average net price with aid: California State University-Los Angeles, $3,967 per year.
Only the University of California and the CSU publish an admit rate into a major, so most colleges here show no program admit rate. A blank rate is not an open door. It means the college does not report one, and your student is applying against the campus admit rate instead. Admits are not enrollees. At most UC programs students are admitted to the campus, not the major. This page as JSON → · All 54 colleges nationwide →
Hardest reported gate
Industrial Technology, Fall 2025: 312 applied, 115 admitted
Highest reported admit rate
Industrial Technology, Fall 2025: 42 applied, 42 admitted
Lowest net price with aid
average for aid recipients, per year
Every college, one row each
Colleges with a reported gate into the program come first, hardest first; the rest are sorted by earnings, then by graduates. Degree awarded is the program the college conferred bachelor's degrees in during 2022-23, with the number of graduates (federal IPEDS completions). Program admit rate is the college system's own number for this major (UC Information Center, CSU Chancellor's Office). Net price is the average paid by aid recipients; full price is the cost of attendance. Earnings are federal College Scorecard medians four years after the degree.
| College | Gate into the program | Degree awarded · graduates 2022-23 |
Program admit rate |
Campus admit rate |
Net price with aid |
Full price |
Earnings 4 yrs out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
CA · Public · Test-blind
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Industrial Technology
Fall 2025: 312 applied, 115 admitted
impacted
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Industrial Technology/Technician
36 graduates
|
36.9% | 30% | $16,665 | $32,265 | — |
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California State University-Fresno
CA · Public · Test-blind
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Industrial Technology
Fall 2025: 42 applied, 42 admitted
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Industrial Technology/Technician
34 graduates
|
100.0% | 96% | $7,000 | $20,095 | — |
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California State University-Los Angeles
CA · Public · Test-blind
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Not reported by the college system |
Industrial Technology/Technician
53 graduates
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— | 92% | $3,967 | $18,403 | — |
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San Jose State University
CA · Public · Test-blind
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Not reported by the college system |
Industrial Technology/Technician
10 graduates
|
— | 80% | $13,760 | $26,593 | — |
Sources: UC Information Center ↗ (first-year applicants and admits by major); CSU Chancellor's Office ↗ (applications and admissions by major, first-time freshman and transfer; groups under 10 suppressed); IPEDS Completions ↗ (bachelor's degrees conferred by 6-digit program, 2022-23, first major); federal College Scorecard field-of-study data (earnings, debt); IPEDS (admit rate, net price, cost of attendance). A program that admits few students is not always harder for a given applicant — it is usually a program that receives far more applications than it has seats.
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