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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial & Management Engineering in the Southwest Region

8 Ranked Colleges
252 Degrees Awarded
$24,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region

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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.

This year’s “Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 8 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the industrial and management engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.

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

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 44 masters’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took 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

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas State University is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 9 masters’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Beaumont, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s industrial management students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lamar University, the school also landed 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.

Full Lamar University Industrial & Management Engineering Report

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized school located in Kingsville, Texas that handed out 19 masters’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,066, 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 Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region 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 some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Industrial & Management Engineering at Arizona State University - Tempe

#8 in overall quality

The University of Texas at Tyler came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. UT 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Tyler, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. 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.

Read more about Industrial & Management Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler

#7

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

University of Arizona did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s industrial management degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 47 masters’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Southern Methodist 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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