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2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
127 Degrees Awarded
$27,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value IE Schools for a Master's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,448 people earned their degree in industrial engineering, making the major the 86th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, industrial engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,716 and had an average of $22,994 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 603 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,380 and $19,978 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 127 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in industrial engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent 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 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 IE Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree ie students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s IE degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UW Seattle Industrial Engineering Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is a large public school situated in San Luis Obispo, California. It awarded 5 masters’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Industrial Engineering Master’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 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo are $21,009.

Read more about Industrial Engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

#3

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 31 diplomas to qualified masters’s IE students in 2019-2020.

USC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715.

Read more about Industrial Engineering at USC

#4

San Jose State University

San Jose, California
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, San Jose State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in San Jose, California, and it awarded 36 masters’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jose State also made our “Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at San Jose State University are $18,790, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Industrial Engineering at San Jose State

#5

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s IE degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Oregon State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State are $28,121.

Full Oregon State Industrial Engineering Report

#6

Gonzaga University

Spokane, Washington
#3 in overall quality

Gonzaga University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Spokane, Washington is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s IE degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Gonzaga did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Gonzaga are $17,675, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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