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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial & Management Engineering

6 Ranked Colleges
79 Degrees Awarded
$38,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Doctorate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 79 industrial and management engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in industrial and management engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality industrial and management engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial & Management Engineering

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 25 doctorate’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also took the #3 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794.

Read full report on Industrial & Management Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Doctorate list. George Washington University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 32 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree industrial management students list, GWU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Western New England University

Springfield, Massachusetts
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Western New England University landed the #3 spot on the list. Western New England is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Western New England also made our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Western New England are $25,812.

Read more about Industrial & Management Engineering at Western New England

#4

New York University

New York, New York
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree industrial management students list, NYU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892.

Full NYU Industrial & Management Engineering Report

#4

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Stevens Institute of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. Stevens Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hoboken, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Stevens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stevens are $38,876, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Doctorate list. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478.

Full SMU Industrial & Management Engineering Report

#6

Stanford University

Stanford, California
#1 in overall quality

Stanford University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Doctorate ranking. Located in Stanford, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s industrial management students in 2019-2020.

Stanford not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stanford University are $55,011, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Stanford 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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