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2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

9 Ranked Colleges
356 Degrees Awarded
$15,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Industrial Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Industrial & Management Engineering is the 147th most popular major in the country with 5,633 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 356 industrial and management engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Industrial Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial and management engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great industrial and management engineering programs and 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 in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Industrial Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 10 Best Value Colleges for Industrial & Management Engineering in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Lamar University is a public institution located in Beaumont, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lamar University, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lamar University is $12,311 for southwest region industrial management students with aid.

Full Lamar University Industrial & Management Engineering Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s industrial management degrees to 42 students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $11,706 for Southwest Region Industrial Management students with aid per year to attend ASU - Tempe.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Industrial Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 44 degrees to qualified ’s industrial management students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $19,057 for Southwest Region Industrial Management students with aid per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M College Station Industrial & Management Engineering Report

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Industrial Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 38 degrees to qualified ’s industrial management students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #3 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $15,016 for southwest region industrial management students with aid per year to attend University of Arizona.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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#5

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Industrial Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas State is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 12 ’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State is $15,230 for southwest region industrial management students with aid.

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The University of Texas at Tyler came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Industrial Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Tyler, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s industrial management degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

UT Tyler not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UT Tyler is $10,974 for southwest region industrial management students with aid.

Read more about Industrial & Management Engineering at UT Tyler

Arizona State University - Skysong did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Arizona State University - Skysong is a large public school situated in Scottsdale, Arizona. It awarded 27 ’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Skysong, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Skysong is $13,971 for Southwest Region Industrial Management students with aid.

Full ASU - Skysong Industrial & Management Engineering Report

Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized public school situated in Kingsville, Texas. It awarded 19 ’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region industrial management students with aid list, Texas A&M Kingsville has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - Kingsville is $13,778 for southwest region industrial management students with aid.

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#8

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Northeastern State University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. NSU is a medium-sized school located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma that handed out 4 ’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

NSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $9,994 for Southwest Region Industrial Management students with aid per year to attend Northeastern State University.

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Southern Methodist University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Industrial Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. SMU is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 49 ’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SMU is $36,222 for southwest region industrial management students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Industrial & Management Engineering at Southern Methodist University

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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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