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2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

13 Colleges
$26,350 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$67,181 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Industrial Engineering School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, industrial engineering was ranked #70 in the country. In fact 3,028 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

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 Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Southwest 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Industrial Engineering Colleges.

Top 10 Best Industrial Engineering Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in the Southwest Region for industrial engineering students. Located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Skysong are $13,092 per year.

ASU - Skysong excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Industrial Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UT Austin undergraduate students pay an average of $40,996 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Austin is ranked #2 for overall quality for IE in the Southwest Region .

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. UH is a very large public school located in the city of Houston.

UH undergraduate students pay an average of $21,891 in tuition and fees each year.

UH excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Industrial Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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Out of the 13 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 4 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $38,855 per year.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Industrial Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Texas Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $24,121 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Texas Tech is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Industrial Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Full Industrial Engineering at Texas Tech University Report

$25,746 Average Tuition & Fees

Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value industrial engineering programs. Texas A&M Kingsville is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Kingsville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M Kingsville are $25,746 per year.

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$23,767 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for industrial engineering students. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NMSU Main Campus are $23,767 a year.

Full Industrial Engineering at New Mexico State University - Main Campus Report

Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for industrial engineering students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Tempe are $29,438 per year.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for industrial engineering students. It came in at #9 on the list. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Norman.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at University of Oklahoma are $25,116 a year.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the distant town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at OSU are $24,764 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, OSU is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Industrial Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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Best Industrial Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 372
Arizona 74
Oklahoma 34
New Mexico 42

Industrial Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

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 13 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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