2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 IE Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,448 people earned their degree in industrial engineering, making the major the 86th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, industrial engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,716 and had an average of $22,994 in loans still to pay off.

Across Massachusetts, there were 262 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,100 and $25,485 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IE Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in industrial engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great industrial 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 engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value IE Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts doctor’s degree ie students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Massachusetts

#1

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$25,558 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 IE Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s IE degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northeastern, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University

#2

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value IE Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s IE degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UMass Amherst Industrial Engineering Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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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