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2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial & Management Engineering in the Plains States Region

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region

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Industrial & Management Engineering is the 133rd most popular major in the country with 5,903 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Plains States region, there were 632 industrial & management engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 229 industrial & management engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in industrial & management engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in industrial & management engineering.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree industrial management students.

Top 13 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial & Management Engineering in the Plains States Region

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Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is located in Rolla, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 77 bachelors’s industrial management degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Industrial & Management Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Grantham University
LIttle Rock, Arkansas

Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grantham University landed the #2 spot on the list. Grantham University is a medium-sized school located in LIttle Rock, Arkansas that handed out 27 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Industrial & Management Engineering at Grantham University

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Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 93 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Industrial & Management Engineering at Iowa State

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Penn University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Industrial & Management Engineering at William Penn University

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Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pittsburg State University landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Pittsburg, Kansas, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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 Pittsburg State University Industrial & Management Engineering Report

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Washburn University
Topeka, Kansas

Washburn University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Washburn University is located in Topeka, Kansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s industrial management degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 full report on Industrial & Management Engineering at Washburn University

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University of Jamestown
Jamestown, North Dakota

With a ranking of #7, University of Jamestown did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Jamestown, North Dakota, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Industrial & Management Engineering at UJ

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South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

South Dakota State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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

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With a ranking of #9, Washington University in St Louis did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s industrial management degrees to 18 students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Industrial & Management Engineering at Washington University in St Louis

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Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Southeast Missouri State University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Cape Girardeau, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s industrial management degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 Southeast Missouri State University

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Bemidji State University
Bemidji, Minnesota

With a ranking of #11, Bemidji State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Bemidji, Minnesota, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 Bemidji State University

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Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Missouri State University - Springfield is a large school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 68 bachelors’s industrial management degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.

Read full report on Industrial & Management Engineering at Missouri State University - Springfield

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University of Northwestern - St Paul ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Industrial Management Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s industrial management students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Northwestern Industrial & Management Engineering Report

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