by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IE Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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.
Across the Plains States region, there were 637 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,141 and $24,032 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 102 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IE Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in industrial engineering.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree ie students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IE Major in the Plains States Region. This fairly large school is located in Wichita, Kansas, and it awarded 40 masters’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%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IE Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Warrensburg, Missouri, this fairly large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified masters’s ie students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
Read more about Industrial Engineering at University of Central Missouri
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IE Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s ie students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IE Major in the Plains States Region list. UMN Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IE Major in the Plains States Region. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ie degrees to 9 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.
University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IE Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s ie students 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Missouri - Columbia Industrial Engineering Report
Kansas State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IE Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this fairly large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s ie students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Industrial Engineering at Kansas State University
University of Nebraska - Lincoln ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IE Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 0 masters’s ie degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Industrial Engineering Report
North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IE Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ie degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 Engineering at North Dakota State University - Main Campus
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