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2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in Ohio

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$10,654 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$62,992 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Industrial Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 256 degrees and certificates were awarded to industrial engineering students who went to a Ohio college or university. This makes it the #98 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in Ohio ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Ohio to see which 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in Ohio

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

Best Ohio Schools for Affordable Quality in Industrial Engineering

$11,936 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Ohio State University - Main Campus the best value school in Ohio for industrial engineering students. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ohio State are $11,936 per year. On average, IE graduates from Ohio State take out $23,921 in student loans while working on their degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $254, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

Ohio State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Industrial Engineering Schools in Ohio list.

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#2

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, OH
$9,372 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Youngstown State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in Ohio list. Located in the city of Youngstown, Youngstown State University is a public school with a large student population.

Youngstown State University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,372 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that IE majors at Youngstown State University take out is $25,450.

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$12,840 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in Ohio list. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a very large student population.

OHIO Athens undergraduate students pay an average of $12,840 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, IE graduates from OHIO Athens take out $27,000 in student loans while working on their degree.

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$11,000 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Kent State University at Kent helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best industrial engineering schools in Ohio. Kent State is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Kent.

Kent State undergraduate students pay an average of $11,000 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, IE graduates from Kent State carry an average student debtload of $29,000. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $343.

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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
Michigan 579
Illinois 408
Indiana 416
Wisconsin 252

Industrial Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

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 4 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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