2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Southwest Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 the Southwest Region” 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 the Southwest region, there were 1,411 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,911 and $19,532 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 763 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer 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.
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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 13 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UH is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 38 bachelors’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.
UH also made our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend UH is $12,838 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ie students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Beaumont, Texas, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree ie students list, Lamar University has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lamar University is $12,311 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ie students.
Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 76 bachelors’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ie students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 49 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IE students in 2019-2020.
OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,648 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ie students per year to attend OSU.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is located in Norman, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 52 bachelors’s IE degrees to qualified students.
University of Oklahoma did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $21,145 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ie students per year to attend University of Oklahoma.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Texas State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas State also made our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. The yearly cost to attend Texas State is $15,230 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree IE students.
Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s IE degrees to 115 students in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ie students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 25 bachelors’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Arlington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UT Arlington is $14,246 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree IE students.
Read more about Industrial Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington
The University of Texas at El Paso ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UTEP is a public institution located in El Paso, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 69 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTEP, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,920 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree IE students per year to attend UTEP.
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New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s IE degrees to 36 students in 2019-2020.
NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #13 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $8,659 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ie students per year to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus.
Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s IE degrees to 151 students in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree IE students per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.
The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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University of Arizona ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 42 bachelors’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.
University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ie students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
St. Mary’s University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value IE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IE students in 2019-2020.
St. Mary’s also made our “Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #11. It costs about $19,276 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree IE students per year to attend St. Mary’s University.
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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%.
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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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