2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 an Associate” 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.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 37 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IE Schools for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The ie school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value IE Schools for an Associate”.

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Best Value IE Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree ie students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering

#1

Sinclair Community College

Dayton, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$4,208 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IE Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinclair Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Dayton, Ohio, and it awarded 3 associates’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.

Sinclair Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Sinclair Community College is $4,208 for Associate Degree IE students.

Read more about Industrial Engineering at Sinclair Community College

#2

Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies

Fort-Wayne, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$16,269 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for an Associate list. Fort-Wayne, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s IE degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Indiana Tech - CPS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies is $16,269 for associate degree ie students.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at Indiana Tech - CPS

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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