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2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

7 Ranked Colleges
273 Degrees Awarded
$17,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,633 people earned their degree in industrial and management engineering, making the major the 147th most popular in the United States.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in industrial and management engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great industrial and management 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 and management engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial & Management Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Missouri University of Science and Technology is located in Rolla, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 78 bachelors’s industrial management degrees to qualified students.

Missouri University of Science and Technology also took the #2 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Missouri University of Science and Technology is $16,060 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Management students whose families make $75-$110k.

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

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#1 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 106 degrees to qualified bachelors’s industrial management students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Iowa State University is $17,228 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Management students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Iowa State Industrial & Management Engineering Report

#3

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, Kansas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pittsburg State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Pittsburg, Kansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s industrial management students in 2019-2020.

Pitt State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $16,826 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Management students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Pittsburg State University.

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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 $75-$110k list. Bemidji State University is located in Bemidji, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s industrial management degrees to qualified students.

Bemidji State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bemidji State University is $18,280 for plains states region bachelor’s degree industrial management students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Bemidji State University Industrial & Management Engineering Report

#5

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. South Dakota State is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 13 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for South Dakota State is $20,754 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Management students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.

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#6 in overall quality

Missouri State University - Springfield ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this large public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s industrial management students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree industrial management students whose families make $75-$110k list, Missouri State has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $18,298 for plains states region bachelor’s degree industrial management students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Missouri State University - Springfield.

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#7

Grantham University

Lenexa, Kansas
#7 in overall quality

Grantham University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Lenexa, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s industrial management degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

Grantham University also took the #7 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Grantham University is $11,215 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Management students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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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