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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Industrial Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

8 Ranked Colleges
89 Degrees Awarded
$36,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

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 “Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,969 general industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 89 general industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in general industrial engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general industrial engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general industrial 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 General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 9 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Industrial Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s general IE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UW - Madison General Industrial Engineering Report

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 doctorate’s general IE degrees to qualified students.

Purdue also made our “Best General Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s general IE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree general ie students list, UIUC has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083.

Full UIUC General Industrial Engineering Report

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #4 spot on the list. UIC is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 5 doctorate’s general IE degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best General Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036.

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#5

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s general IE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree general ie students list, WMU has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best General Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WMU are $31,355, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s general IE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree general ie students list, Ohio State has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best General Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#8 in overall quality

Wayne State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This large school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s general IE degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best General Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State are $37,215, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 23 doctorate’s general IE degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best General Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

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#8

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Northwestern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General IE Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Northwestern is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 10 doctorate’s general IE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree general ie students list, Northwestern has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, 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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