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2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
158 Degrees Awarded
$26,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value IE Schools for a Master's in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Industrial Engineering is the 86th most popular major in the country with 9,448 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 the New England region, there were 393 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,100 and $25,277 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 158 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in industrial engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 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 Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Northeastern University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 110 masters’s IE degrees to qualified students.

Northeastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University

#2

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

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 Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a large public school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 7 masters’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.

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

Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Industrial Engineering Report

#3

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s IE degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

URI also took the #5 spot in our “Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rhode Island are $29,082, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Industrial Engineering at URI

#4

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Vermont is a fairly large school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 2 masters’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.

UVM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UVM are $33,326.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at UVM

#5

Fairfield University

Fairfield, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairfield University landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Fairfield, Connecticut, and it awarded 5 masters’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.

Fairfield U also made our “Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fairfield University are $19,267, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Fairfield University Industrial Engineering Report

#6

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

University of New Haven came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit institution located in West Haven, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 26 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of New Haven, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Haven are $17,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of New Haven 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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