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2021 Best Industrial Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region

5 Colleges
441 Bachelor's Degrees
$29,396 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Industrial Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Industrial Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region

This year's Best Industrial Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in ie. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent industrial engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the industrial engineering program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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2021 Best Industrial Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying ie.

Best Industrial Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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Iowa State University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Plains States Region that are best for non-traditional industrial engineering students. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa State, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Plains States Region ranking.

About 0.7% of Iowa State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 14,911 students take at least one class online at Iowa State. About 3,155 of the students at Iowa State are attending part time.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Plains States Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. There are approximately 21,237 students at UMN Twin Cities that take at least one class online. About 13,655 of the students at UMN Twin Cities are attending part time.

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University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population. Iowa also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Plains States Region rankings.

The student loan default rate at Iowa is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 12,975 students at Iowa that take at least one class online. 5,055 of Iowa students are attending part time.

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University of Missouri - Columbia earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mizzou, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Plains States Region ranking.

About 0.7% of Mizzou students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 15,161 students at Mizzou that take at least one class online. 5,276 of Mizzou students are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize North Dakota State University - Main Campus as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the midsize city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public college with a large student population. North Dakota State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Plains States Region list.

The student loan default rate at North Dakota State University is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. Approximately 5,213 students take at least one class online at North Dakota State University. About 2,437 of the students at North Dakota State University are attending part time.

Full Industrial Engineering at North Dakota State University - Main Campus Report

Best for Non-Traditional Students Industrial Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students industrial engineering schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 23
Minnesota 102
Iowa 189
Kansas 95
Nebraska 0
North Dakota 30
South Dakota 41

Industrial Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Notes and References

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*Avg Cost is for the top 5 schools only.

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