by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IE Major in Texas” ranking.
Industrial Engineering is the 87th most popular major in the country with 9,072 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, industrial engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,960 and had an average of $24,268 in loans still to pay off.
Across Texas, there were 927 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,949 and $23,086 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 502 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IE Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in industrial engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in industrial engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IE Major in Texas” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas bachelor’s degree ie students.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IE Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #1 spot on the list. UTEP is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 76 bachelors’s IE degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IE Major in Texas list. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 217 bachelors’s IE degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Mary’s University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IE Major in Texas list. St. Mary’s University is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s IE degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IE Major in Texas list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 54 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IE students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IE Major in Texas list. Commerce, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s IE degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
Full Texas A&M University - Commerce Industrial Engineering Report
With a ranking of #6, Lamar University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IE Major in Texas list. Lamar University is a public institution located in Beaumont, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Texas State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IE Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #7. Texas State University is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Houston did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IE Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #8. UH is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 34 bachelors’s IE degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 University of Texas at Arlington came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IE Major in Texas ranking. UT Arlington is a public institution located in Arlington, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IE Major in Texas list. Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi is a public institution located in Corpus Christi, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Texas A&M University - Kingsville came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IE Major in Texas ranking. Texas A&M Kingsville is located in Kingsville, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s IE degrees to qualified students.
Full Texas A&M University - Kingsville Industrial Engineering Report
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