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2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
273 Degrees Awarded
$14,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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.

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 Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial & Management Engineering in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#2 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Rolla, Missouri, this medium-sized public school awarded 78 diplomas 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 with aid list, Missouri University of Science and Technology has also earned the #2 rank 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 $14,262 for plains states region bachelor’s degree industrial management students with aid.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Industrial & Management Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 106 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa State, the school also landed 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 is $15,496 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Management students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Read more about Industrial & Management Engineering at Iowa State

#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 Getting Aid 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 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. The estimated yearly cost for Pitt State is $14,436 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Management students with aid.

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#4

Bemidji State University

Bemidji, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bemidji State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Bemidji State University is a small school located in Bemidji, Minnesota that handed out 1 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2019-2020.

Bemidji State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $15,868 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Management students with aid per year to attend Bemidji State University.

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#5

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 13 diplomas 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 with aid list, South Dakota State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend South Dakota State University is $19,252 for plains states region bachelor’s degree industrial management students with aid.

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%.

Full South Dakota State University Industrial & Management Engineering Report

#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 Getting Aid list. Missouri State University - Springfield is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s industrial management degrees to qualified students.

Missouri State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Missouri State is $16,725 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Management students with aid.

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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 Getting Aid ranking. Grantham University is a medium-sized school located in Lenexa, Kansas that handed out 23 bachelors’s industrial management degrees 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. It costs about $8,409 for plains states region bachelor’s degree industrial management students with aid per year to attend Grantham University.

Full Grantham University Industrial & Management Engineering Report

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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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