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2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Industrial & Management Engineering is the 147th most popular major in the country with 5,633 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 693 industrial and management engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 273 industrial and management engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in industrial and management engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent industrial and management engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the industrial and management engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree industrial management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial & Management Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Rolla, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s industrial management degrees to 78 students in 2019-2020.

Missouri University of Science and Technology also made our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology is $13,058 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Missouri University of Science and Technology Industrial & Management Engineering Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Iowa State University is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 106 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Iowa State is $14,161 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Industrial & Management Engineering at Iowa State University

#3

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, Kansas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pittsburg State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Pittsburg State University is a medium-sized school located in Pittsburg, Kansas that handed out 14 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

Pitt State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pittsburg State University is $15,056 for plains states region bachelor’s degree industrial management students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#4

Bemidji State University

Bemidji, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bemidji State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Bemidji, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s industrial management degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bemidji State University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $14,001 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Bemidji State University.

Read full report on Industrial & Management Engineering at Bemidji State University

#5

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #5 spot on the list. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 13 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $19,326 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend South Dakota State University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Industrial & Management Engineering at South Dakota State

#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this large public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s industrial management students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Missouri State, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Missouri State is $16,204 for plains states region bachelor’s degree industrial management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Missouri State Industrial & Management Engineering Report

#7

Grantham University

Lenexa, Kansas
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Grantham University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Lenexa, Kansas, this medium-sized private for-profit school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s industrial management students in 2019-2020.

Grantham University also made our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Grantham University is $10,685 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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