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2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
220 Degrees Awarded
$26,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the New England region, there were 393 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,100 and $25,277 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 220 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality industrial engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the industrial engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. URI is a fairly large school located in Kingston, Rhode Island that handed out 18 bachelors’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also made our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for University of Rhode Island is $20,607 for new england region bachelor’s degree ie students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at URI

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot on the list. UCONN is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 42 bachelors’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UCONN is $22,012 for new england region bachelor’s degree ie students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at University of Connecticut

#3

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. UMass Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 22 bachelors’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree ie students with aid list, UMass Amherst has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Massachusetts Amherst is $22,501 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree IE students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Industrial Engineering at UMass Amherst

#4

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. UVM is a public institution located in Burlington, Vermont. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UVM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UVM is $18,982 for new england region bachelor’s degree ie students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Vermont Industrial Engineering Report

#5

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Northeastern is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 68 bachelors’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northeastern, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $31,093 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree IE students with aid per year to attend Northeastern.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at Northeastern

#6

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut
#6 in overall quality

University of New Haven ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in West Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of New Haven, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Haven is $33,400 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree IE students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Industrial Engineering at University of New Haven

#7

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester Polytechnic Institute came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 30 bachelors’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.

WPI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Worcester Polytechnic Institute is $39,756 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree IE students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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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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