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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Industrial Engineering in the New England Region

5 Ranked Colleges
158 Degrees Awarded
$24,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General IE Schools for a Master's in the New England Region

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 General IE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Industrial Engineering is the 86th most popular major in the country with 9,448 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 393 general industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 158 general industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General IE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general industrial engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general industrial engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general industrial engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General IE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General IE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Industrial Engineering in the New England Region

#1

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General IE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general IE degrees to 110 students in 2019-2020.

Northeastern also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University

#2

Fairfield University

Fairfield, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fairfield University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General IE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Fairfield, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general IE degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Fairfield U, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Fairfield U are $19,267.

Full Fairfield U General Industrial Engineering Report

#3

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General IE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Haven landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in West Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 26 masters’s general IE degrees in 2019-2020.

University of New Haven did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Haven are $17,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Industrial Engineering at University of New Haven

#4

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General IE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #4 spot on the list. URI is a fairly large school located in Kingston, Rhode Island that handed out 8 masters’s general IE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at URI, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rhode Island are $29,082.

Read more about General Industrial Engineering at URI

#5

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value General IE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. This large school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 7 masters’s general IE degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UMass Amherst General Industrial 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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