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2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$26,182 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

Industrial Engineering is the #70 most popular major in the country with 3,028 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for IE students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the IE graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Industrial Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Louisiana Tech University the best value school in the Southeast Region for industrial engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public school located in the town of Ruston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Louisiana Tech are $12,690 per year.

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#2

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Auburn University is a great value for industrial engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Auburn are $31,986 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Auburn also did well on our Best Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Out of the 7 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Virginia Tech are $31,443 a year.

Virginia Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. NC A&T is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC A&T are $20,738 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCF are $28,657 per year.

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Florida International University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at FIU are $24,211 a year.

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#7

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate industrial engineering programs. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UK are $33,548 a year.

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Best Industrial Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best industrial engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 50
Florida 151
Georgia 92
North Carolina 108
Tennessee 40
Kentucky 13
Louisiana 28
Alabama 55
South Carolina 65
Mississippi 22
Arkansas 7
West Virginia 15

One of 39 majors within the area of study, industrial engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to IE

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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