2024 Best Industrial Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

a doctor's degree in industrial engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #63 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Industrial Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 15 doctor's degrees in industrial engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on industrial engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other industrial engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt industrial engineering students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized industrial engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for industrial engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Industrial Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Industrial Engineering in the New England Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in industrial engineering.

Top New England Region Schools for a Doctorate in IE

1

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

12 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Northeastern University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in industrial engineering. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston.More information about a doctorate in industrial engineering from Northeastern University

2

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

2 Annual Graduates

University of Massachusetts Amherst is a good decision for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in industrial engineering. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in industrial engineering from University of Massachusetts Amherst

Best Industrial Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best industrial engineering schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	153	14
Rhode Island	78	1

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Industrial Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Industrial Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

IE Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Industrial Engineering	15

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	144
Biomedical Engineering	112
Mechanical Engineering	112
Chemical Engineering	76
Materials Engineering	49
Computer Engineering	47
Civil Engineering	46
Engineering Science	41
General Engineering	24
Environmental Engineering	23

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.