2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Industrial Engineering in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Industrial Engineering is the 86th most popular major in the country with 9,448 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 603 general industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 general industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general industrial engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general industrial engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general industrial engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Industrial Engineering in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s general IE students in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Industrial Engineering at UW Seattle

#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region. University of Southern California is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 9 doctorate’s general IE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715.

Full University of Southern California General Industrial Engineering Report

#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#3 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. Oregon State is a public institution located in Corvallis, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State are $28,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Oregon State General Industrial Engineering Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Industrial 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

• *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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