2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina

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 Doctorate in North Carolina” 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 North Carolina, there were 219 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,650 and $25,850 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,103 and $114,434 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great industrial engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the industrial engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value IE Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina doctor’s degree ie students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering in North Carolina

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value IE Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified doctorate’s IE students in 2019-2020.

NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at NC State

#2

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$20,662 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina A & T State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina list. Greensboro, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s IE degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

NC A&T did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NC A&T are $20,662, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full NC A&T Industrial Engineering Report

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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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