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

8 Ranked Colleges
202 Degrees Awarded
$12,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Southeast region, there were 1,124 industrial and management engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 202 industrial and management engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 8 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

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

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial & Management Engineering in the Southeast Region

#1

West Virginia University at Parkersburg

Parkersburg, West Virginia
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University at Parkersburg. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

West Virginia University at Parkersburg also took the #7 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $6,342 for southeast region bachelor’s degree industrial management students per year to attend West Virginia University at Parkersburg.

Full West Virginia University at Parkersburg Industrial & Management Engineering Report

#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. ECU is a large public school situated in Greenville, North Carolina. It awarded 29 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

ECU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for East Carolina University is $15,844 for southeast region bachelor’s degree industrial management students.

Read full report on Industrial & Management Engineering at East Carolina University

#3

University of South Carolina - Upstate

Spartanburg, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Upstate. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of South Carolina - Upstate is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s industrial management degrees to qualified students.

USC Upstate also made our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for University of South Carolina - Upstate is $15,832 for southeast region bachelor’s degree industrial management students.

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#4

Morehead State University

Morehead, Kentucky
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Morehead State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Morehead State University is a public institution located in Morehead, Kentucky. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Morehead State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $12,421 for southeast region bachelor’s degree industrial management students per year to attend Morehead State University.

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#5

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, Tennessee
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middle Tennessee State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Murfreesboro, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s industrial management degrees to 53 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree industrial management students list, Middle Tennessee State University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Middle Tennessee State University is $12,464 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Management students.

Full Middle Tennessee State University Industrial & Management Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga is a fairly large public school situated in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It awarded 41 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Chattanooga, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $12,952 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Management students per year to attend UT Chattanooga.

Full The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga Industrial & Management Engineering Report

#7

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky
#5 in overall quality

Eastern Kentucky University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Eastern is located in Richmond, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s industrial management degrees to qualified students.

Eastern also took the #5 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern Kentucky University is $14,149 for southeast region bachelor’s degree industrial management students.

Read more about Industrial & Management Engineering at Eastern Kentucky University

#8

Bluefield State College

Bluefield, West Virginia
#8 in overall quality

Bluefield State College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Bluefield, West Virginia, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree industrial management students list, Bluefield State College has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bluefield State College is $8,367 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Management students.

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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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