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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering in Michigan (With Aid)

8 Ranked Colleges
294 Degrees Awarded
$19,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor's in Michigan For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Industrial Engineering is the 86th most popular major in the country with 9,448 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Michigan, there were 606 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,567 and $22,849 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 294 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,161 and $25,915 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering in Michigan (With Aid)

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid list. U-M is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 184 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also took the #1 spot in our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is $15,336 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree IE students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.

Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Industrial Engineering Report

#2

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oakland University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid. Oakland is a public institution located in Rochester Hills, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Oakland also made our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Oakland University is $11,802 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree IE students with aid.

Full Oakland University Industrial Engineering Report

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Dearborn, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IE students in 2019-2020.

UM Dearborn also took the #6 spot in our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. It costs about $11,473 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree IE students with aid per year to attend University of Michigan - Dearborn.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at UM Dearborn

#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Wayne State University is a public institution located in Detroit, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. The estimated yearly cost for Wayne State University is $13,965 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree IE students with aid.

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#5

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #5 spot on the list. Western Michigan University is a public institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. It costs about $19,433 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree IE students with aid per year to attend WMU.

Full Western Michigan University Industrial Engineering Report

#6

Baker College

Owosso, Michigan
#8 in overall quality

Baker College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Baker College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Owosso, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our michigan bachelor’s degree ie students with aid list, Baker College has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Baker College is $15,049 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree IE students with aid.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Industrial Engineering at Baker College

#7

Kettering University

Flint, Michigan

Kettering University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid ranking. Kettering is a private not-for-profit institution located in Flint, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Kettering also made our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Kettering is $37,518 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree IE students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Kettering Industrial Engineering Report

#8

Lawrence Technological University

Southfield, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

Lawrence Technological University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Southfield, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IE students in 2019-2020.

Lawrence Tech also took the #4 spot in our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lawrence Technological University is $32,721 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree IE students with aid.

Full Lawrence Technological University Industrial Engineering Report

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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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