by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IE Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Industrial Engineering is the 87th most popular major in the country with 8,087 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , industrial engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $68,964 and had an average of $23,771 in loans still to pay off.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 33 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,431 and $15,731 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IE Major” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in industrial engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree ie students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IE Major list. Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It awarded 12 associates’s ie degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Manchester Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IE Major. This small school is located in Manchester, Connecticut, and it awarded 11 associates’s ie degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IE Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Snow College landed the #3 spot on the list. Snow College is a medium-sized school located in Ephraim, Utah that handed out 0 associates’s ie degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Community College of Rhode Island. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IE Major. Warwick, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s ie degrees to 0 students 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 Engineering at Community College of Rhode Island
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sinclair Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IE Major list. Sinclair Community College is located in Dayton, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 associates’s ie degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 more about Industrial Engineering at Sinclair Community College
Clackamas Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IE Major ranking, coming in at #6. Clackamas Community College is a small public school situated in Oregon City, Oregon. It awarded 0 associates’s ie degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Industrial Engineering at Clackamas Community College
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IE Major ranking, coming in at #6. Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. It awarded 46 associates’s ie degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Industrial Engineering at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico
McLennan Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IE Major ranking. Located in Waco, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s ie students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Industrial Engineering at McLennan Community College
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