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2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$19,464 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,502 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 579 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, industrial engineering is the #51 most popular major in Michigan.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Michigan to see which bachelor's degree 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.

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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan

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

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Industrial Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named University of Michigan - Ann Arbor the best value school in Michigan for industrial engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. U-M is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

U-M undergraduate students pay an average of $17,193 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

U-M did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list.

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#2

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Oakland University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value industrial engineering schools in Michigan. Oakland is a large public school located in the suburb of Rochester Hills.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Oakland are $15,135 a year.

Full Industrial Engineering at Oakland University Report

Out of the 7 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WMU are $13,434 a year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, IE graduates from WMU carry an average student debtload of $24,984.

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Out of the 7 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the # 4 spot on the list. UM Dearborn is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Dearborn.

UM Dearborn undergraduate students pay an average of $13,816 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, IE graduates from UM Dearborn take out $36,772 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Full Industrial Engineering at University of Michigan - Dearborn Report

#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Wayne State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value industrial engineering schools in Michigan. Located in the large city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Wayne State undergraduate students pay an average of $15,199 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Industrial Engineering at Wayne State University Report

#6

Kettering University

Flint, MI

Kettering University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. Located in the city of Flint, Kettering is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Kettering are $43,824 a year.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at Kettering University

Lawrence Technological University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. Located in the small city of Southfield, Lawrence Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lawrence Tech are $37,680 per year.

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Best Value Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 256
Illinois 408
Indiana 416
Wisconsin 252

One of 40 majors within the area of study, industrial engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

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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