2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Industrial & Management Engineering is the 133rd most popular major in the country with 6,063 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 738 industrial and management engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 industrial and management engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in industrial and management engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in industrial and management engineering.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial & Management Engineering in the Plains States Region

1

Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, Missouri

#13 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Rolla, Missouri, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s industrial management degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.

Read more about Industrial & Management Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#22 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s industrial management degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Industrial & Management Engineering at Capella University

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial & Management Engineering

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.