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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering in New York

7 Ranked Colleges
293 Degrees Awarded
$26,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor's in New York

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 New York” 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 New York, there were 747 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,667 and $22,692 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 293 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,973 and $22,589 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York” 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 New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering in New York

#1

SUNY Maritime College

Throggs Neck, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Maritime College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York. This small school is located in Throggs Neck, New York, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Maritime College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The yearly cost to attend SUNY Maritime College is $20,616 for New York Bachelor’s Degree IE students.

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%.

Read more about Industrial Engineering at SUNY Maritime College

#2

Binghamton University

Vestal, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Binghamton University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York list. This fairly large school is located in Vestal, New York, and it awarded 72 bachelors’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york bachelor’s degree ie students list, Binghamton University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Binghamton University is $19,353 for new york bachelor’s degree ie students.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 1.8% 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 Binghamton University Industrial Engineering Report

#3

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #3 spot on the list. University at Buffalo is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo also made our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for University at Buffalo is $18,194 for new york bachelor’s degree ie students.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Industrial Engineering at University at Buffalo

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rochester Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 70 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IE students in 2019-2020.

RIT also took the #4 spot in our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for RIT is $33,167 for new york bachelor’s degree ie students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology

#5

Hofstra University

Hempstead, New York
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hofstra University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York. Located in Hempstead, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IE students in 2019-2020.

Hofstra also took the #7 spot in our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $32,838 for New York Bachelor’s Degree IE students per year to attend Hofstra University.

The low student loan default rate of 2.8% 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 more about Industrial Engineering at Hofstra University

#1 in overall quality

Columbia University in the City of New York ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York list. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 11 bachelors’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The yearly cost to attend Columbia is $23,306 for New York Bachelor’s Degree IE students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Columbia University in the City of New York Industrial Engineering Report

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York ranking. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a private not-for-profit institution located in Troy, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york bachelor’s degree ie students list, RPI has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is $35,464 for New York Bachelor’s Degree IE students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at RPI

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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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