2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value IE Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the New England region, there were 393 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,100 and $25,277 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IE Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in industrial engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great industrial engineering programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value IE Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IE Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the New England Region

#1

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$25,558 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s IE students in 2019-2020.

Northeastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University are $25,558, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University

#2

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#3 in overall quality

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value IE Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #2 spot on the list. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s IE degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

URI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at URI are $29,082, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at University of Rhode Island

#3

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value IE Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s IE students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Industrial Engineering at UMass Amherst

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering

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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