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2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

10 Ranked Colleges
264 Degrees Awarded
$18,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master's in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Plains States region, there were 693 industrial and management engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 264 industrial and management engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 10 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree industrial management students.

Top 10 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial & Management Engineering in the Plains States Region

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #1 spot on the list. Missouri State University - Springfield is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 masters’s industrial management degrees to qualified students.

Missouri State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri State are $12,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Cloud State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Saint Cloud, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s industrial management degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

St. Cloud State University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at St. Cloud State University are $12,904.

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#3

Southeast Missouri State University

Cape Girardeau, Missouri
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Missouri State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and it awarded 23 masters’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

Southeast Missouri State University also made our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #8. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southeast Missouri State University are $10,792.

Full Southeast Missouri State University Industrial & Management Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s industrial management students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is located in Rolla, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 93 masters’s industrial management degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree industrial management students list, Missouri University of Science and Technology has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $30,943.

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#7 in overall quality

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a small public school situated in Rapid City, South Dakota. It awarded 15 masters’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree industrial management students list, SD Mines has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology are $19,250, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
#4 in overall quality

University of Kansas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s industrial management degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree industrial management students list, KU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#8

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas
#9 in overall quality

Wichita State University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region ranking. WSU is a fairly large public school situated in Wichita, Kansas. It awarded 8 masters’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

WSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wichita State University are $15,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#9

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#6 in overall quality

Kansas State University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region ranking. K -State is a large public school situated in Manhattan, Kansas. It awarded 6 masters’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State also took the #6 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at K -State are $24,115, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full K -State Industrial & Management Engineering Report

#10

Missouri Western State University

Saint Joseph, Missouri
#10 in overall quality

With a ranking of #10, Missouri Western State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Saint Joseph, Missouri, and it awarded 3 masters’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri Western not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri Western are $12,212, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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