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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial & Management Engineering in the Far Western US Region

4 Ranked Colleges
126 Degrees Awarded
$16,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Far Western US region, there were 592 industrial and management engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 126 industrial and management engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The industrial management 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 “Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region”.

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Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree industrial management students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial & Management Engineering in the Far Western US Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Northridge. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region. This large school is located in Northridge, California, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

CSUN also took the #3 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for CSUN is $8,414 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Management students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Industrial & Management Engineering at California State University - Northridge

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Chico. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. Chico State is a public institution located in Chico, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Chico State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for California State University - Chico is $15,017 for far western us region bachelor’s degree industrial management students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full California State University - Chico Industrial & Management Engineering Report

#3

University of the Pacific

Stockton, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Pacific. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. Pacific is a private not-for-profit institution located in Stockton, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Pacific did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Pacific is $28,929 for far western us region bachelor’s degree industrial management students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Industrial & Management Engineering at University of the Pacific

#4

Stanford University

Stanford, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Stanford, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 76 degrees to qualified bachelors’s industrial management students in 2019-2020.

Stanford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Stanford University is $11,496 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Management students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full Stanford University Industrial & Management Engineering Report

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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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