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2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

9 Ranked Colleges
252 Degrees Awarded
$22,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,633 people earned their degree in industrial and management engineering, making the major the 147th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 356 industrial and management engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 252 industrial and management engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in industrial and management engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent industrial and management engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the industrial and management engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree industrial management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial & Management Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 44 masters’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 15 masters’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #3 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s industrial management degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar University landed the #4 spot on the list. Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s industrial management degrees to qualified students.

Lamar University also took the #6 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lamar University are $15,699.

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#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Tyler. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. The University of Texas at Tyler is a public institution located in Tyler, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Tyler also made our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Tyler are $16,308, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Texas State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 9 masters’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree industrial management students whose families make $30-$48k list, Texas State has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - Kingsville did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #7. Kingsville, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s industrial management degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville also made our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,066.

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#8

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Northeastern State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #8. This medium-sized school is located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and it awarded 4 masters’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NSU, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern State University are $10,600, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 47 masters’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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