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2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$42,263 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,757 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Industrial Engineering School for You

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

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for IE students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for IE majors pursuing a .

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Industrial Engineering

#1

Fairfield University

Fairfield, CT

Our 2023 rankings named Fairfield University the best value school in the New England Region for industrial engineering students. Fairfield U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Fairfield.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Fairfield U are $52,870 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Fairfield U also is in the top 10% of our Best Industrial Engineering Schools in the New England Region ranking.

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#2

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT
$42,898 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of New Haven is a great value for industrial engineering students. University of New Haven is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of West Haven.

University of New Haven undergraduate students pay an average of $42,898 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northeastern are $57,592 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Northeastern also did well on our Best Industrial Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University Report

$40,380 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Western New England University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best industrial engineering schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Springfield, Western New England is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Western New England undergraduate students pay an average of $40,380 in tuition and fees each year.

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$36,964 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 8 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the # 5 spot on the list. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMass Amherst are $36,964 per year.

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$33,354 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Rhode Island ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. URI is a large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at URI are $33,354 a year.

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#7

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT
$43,890 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, University of Vermont did quite well on this year’s best value schools for industrial engineering students. UVM is a large public school located in the small city of Burlington.

UVM undergraduate students pay an average of $43,890 in tuition and fees each year.

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$30,153 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in the New England Region ranking. UMass Dartmouth is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of North Dartmouth.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UMass Dartmouth are $30,153 a year.

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Best Industrial Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 131
Connecticut 45
Rhode Island 8
Vermont 1

More Industrial Engineering Rankings in the New England Region

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

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 8 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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