by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General IE Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Industrial Engineering is the 95th most popular major in the country with 9,072 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,352 general industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 444 general industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General IE Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 14 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general industrial engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in general industrial engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General IE Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General IE Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is located in Kingsville, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 masters’s general IE degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on General Industrial Engineering at Texas A&M Kingsville
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General IE Major in the Southwest Region. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 42 masters’s general IE degrees in 2020-2021.
Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus General Industrial Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General IE Major in the Southwest Region list. UT Arlington is located in Arlington, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 81 masters’s general IE degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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 General Industrial Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General IE Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #4 spot on the list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general IE degrees to 102 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Industrial Engineering at Texas A&M College Station
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General IE Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Houston is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 55 masters’s general IE degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about General Industrial Engineering at University of Houston
With a ranking of #6, Texas Tech University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General IE Major in the Southwest Region list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general IE degrees to 31 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 full report on General Industrial Engineering at Texas Tech
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General IE Major in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 masters’s general IE degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus General Industrial Engineering Report
With a ranking of #8, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General IE Major in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 44 masters’s general IE degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Industrial Engineering at ASU - Tempe
St. Mary’s University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General IE Major in the Southwest Region ranking. St. Mary’s is a small school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 2 masters’s general IE degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 General Industrial Engineering at St. Mary’s
The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General IE Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general IE degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General IE Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Norman, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general IE degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Industrial Engineering at University of Oklahoma
University of Arizona did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General IE Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Arizona General Industrial Engineering Report
Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General IE Major in the Southwest Region ranking. ASU - Skysong is located in Scottsdale, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s general IE degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Industrial Engineering at Arizona State University - Skysong
The University of Texas at Austin ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General IE Major in the Southwest Region list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general IE degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full The University of Texas at Austin General Industrial Engineering Report
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