by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 6,063 people earned their degree in industrial and management engineering, making the major the 133rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,348 industrial and management engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 185 industrial and management engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in industrial and management engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their industrial and management engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree industrial management students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bluefield State College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Bluefield, West Virginia, this small public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s industrial management students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Industrial & Management Engineering at Bluefield State College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Southeast Region. Chattanooga, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s industrial management degrees to 43 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Industrial & Management Engineering at UT Chattanooga
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University at Parkersburg. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Southeast Region list. Parkersburg, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s industrial management degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Full West Virginia University at Parkersburg Industrial & Management Engineering Report
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Upstate landed the #4 spot on the list. University of South Carolina - Upstate is a medium-sized school located in Spartanburg, South Carolina that handed out 14 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Industrial & Management Engineering at USC Upstate
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Christian Brothers University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Southeast Region. Christian Brothers is a small school located in Memphis, Tennessee that handed out 6 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Industrial & Management Engineering at Christian Brothers University
University of Management and Technology came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Management and Technology is a private for-profit institution located in Arlington, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.
Full University of Management and Technology Industrial & Management Engineering Report
Middle Tennessee State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, this large public school awarded 42 degrees to qualified bachelors’s industrial management students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Industrial & Management Engineering at Middle Tennessee State University
With a ranking of #8, Eastern Kentucky University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Southeast Region list. Eastern is located in Richmond, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s industrial management degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Industrial & Management Engineering at Eastern
With a ranking of #9, East Carolina University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Southeast Region list. Greenville, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s industrial management degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.
Morehead State University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Morehead State University is a public institution located in Morehead, Kentucky. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Morehead State University Industrial & Management Engineering Report
Kennesaw State University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Kennesaw, Georgia, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Industrial & Management Engineering at Kennesaw State University
Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Southeast Region ranking. A-State is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 64 bachelors’s industrial management degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Mercer University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #12. This medium-sized school is located in Macon, Georgia, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, 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.
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