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2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$20,796 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 Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for IE students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Plains States Region

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota School of Mines and Technology the best value school in the Plains States Region for industrial engineering students working on their graduate certificate. SD Mines is a small public school located in the small city of Rapid City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SD Mines are $20,116 per year.

Full Industrial Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Report

Out of the 3 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wichita State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WSU are $15,323 a year.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at Wichita State University

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Iowa State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value industrial engineering schools in the Plains States Region . Iowa State is a very large public school located in the small city of Ames.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 a year.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at Iowa State University

Best Industrial Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 32
Minnesota 28
Iowa 51
Kansas 99
Nebraska 0
North Dakota 2
South Dakota 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 3 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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