2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering in Pennsylvania

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Pennsylvania, there were 250 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,000 and $26,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 69 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in industrial engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality industrial engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the industrial engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 a Master’s in Pennsylvania”.

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Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering in Pennsylvania

#1

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$40,836 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Pitt is a large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 21 masters’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pitt, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Pitt are $40,836.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

#2

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$38,728 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania State University - University Park. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania.

Penn State University Park also took the #3 spot in our “Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Pennsylvania State University - University Park are $38,728.

Full Penn State University Park Industrial Engineering Report

#3

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$27,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$79,450 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 48 degrees to qualified masters’s IE students in 2019-2020.

Lehigh did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh are $27,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at Lehigh

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’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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