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Considering a degree in Industrial Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Industrial Engineering majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Industrial Engineering degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of California.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Navajo Technical University | 5200 | 25400 | 0.7953 | 1,523 | 0 | 0.9252 | |
| 3 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 10100 | 29300 | 0.6564 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 6 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10600 | 36400 | 0.7094 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 7 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11800 | 30400 | 0.611 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 8 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12000 | 30000 | 0.6001 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 8 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 10 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12200 | 26200 | 0.5331 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 36900 | 0.6557 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 12 | University of South Carolina Aiken | 12800 | 23300 | 0.4508 | 3,289 | 1115 | 0.7857 | |
| 12 | West Virginia University | 12800 | 57700 | 0.778 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 14 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 54500 | 0.7614 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 15 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 25700 | 0.4897 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 16 | Youngstown State University | 13200 | 26800 | 0.507 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 13300 | 40700 | 0.6731 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 19 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13400 | 17900 | 0.2521 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 20 | University of South Florida | 13600 | 17100 | 0.2045 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 21 | Northern Illinois University | 13700 | 30700 | 0.5533 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14200 | 22900 | 0.381 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
| 24 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 14300 | 37900 | 0.6227 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
| 25 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 25 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 27 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 28 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 28 | Oakland University | 15600 | 28200 | 0.4471 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 30 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 31 | University of Southern California | 16000 | 71400 | 0.7762 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 32 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 32 | Wayne State University | 16100 | 46200 | 0.6516 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 34 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16400 | 48200 | 0.6601 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 35 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 16600 | 32200 | 0.4843 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 36 | Lamar University | 16800 | 41900 | 0.599 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 36 | University of Louisville | 16800 | 29100 | 0.4231 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 36 | University of Rhode Island | 16800 | 33900 | 0.5045 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 39 | Morgan State University | 17200 | 37200 | 0.5377 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 39 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 41 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 17300 | 41200 | 0.5808 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 41 | Francis Marion University | 17300 | 24100 | 0.2827 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 43 | California State University-East Bay | 17400 | 30200 | 0.425 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 44 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 45 | Western Michigan University | 19200 | 32500 | 0.4097 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 46 | Texas Tech University | 19300 | 27900 | 0.3086 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 47 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 48 | San Jose State University | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4214 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 48 | South Carolina State University | 19500 | 42000 | 0.5352 | 2,950 | 865 | 0.8262 | |
| 50 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1755 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 50 | Kansas State University | 20000 | 28800 | 0.3055 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 52 | Northwestern University | 20100 | 89500 | 0.7757 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 52 | St. Mary's University | 20100 | 70300 | 0.7143 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 54 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 55 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 56 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 57 | Montana State University | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2137 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 58 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 59 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21800 | 59900 | 0.6359 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 60 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 22300 | 29800 | 0.2504 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 61 | Colorado Christian University | 22400 | 74500 | 0.6994 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
| 62 | Saint Ambrose University | 22800 | 55400 | 0.5881 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 63 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 22900 | 48800 | 0.5309 | 1,642 | 1055 | 0.5713 | |
| 64 | University of San Diego | 23200 | 83300 | 0.7217 | 5,851 | 1298 | 0.5238 | |
| 65 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 24000 | 41300 | 0.4187 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 67 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24700 | 26900 | 0.082 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 68 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 24800 | 28000 | 0.1144 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 69 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 42100 | 0.4058 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 70 | Methodist University | 25300 | 73900 | 0.6581 | 1,436 | 1175 | 0.752 | |
| 71 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 72 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 29600 | 0.1082 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 73 | SUNY Maritime College | 26700 | 46800 | 0.4299 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 74 | University of Arizona | 27300 | 37700 | 0.2762 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 75 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 76 | Wichita State University | 28800 | 40600 | 0.2905 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 77 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2147 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 77 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 79 | Clemson University | 29100 | 37100 | 0.2156 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 81 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 29700 | 70200 | 0.5773 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 82 | Gannon University | 30000 | 52900 | 0.4333 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 83 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78100 | 0.6069 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 84 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 85 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 86 | Liberty University | 32000 | 60900 | 0.4748 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 87 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32400 | 35100 | 0.077 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 88 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 89 | University of Indianapolis | 33300 | 59900 | 0.4441 | 3,603 | 1080 | 0.6648 | |
| 90 | Lawrence Technological University | 33500 | 82500 | 0.5937 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 91 | Hofstra University | 34400 | 77000 | 0.5531 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 92 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4793 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 93 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35200 | 42800 | 0.1757 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 94 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 95 | Auburn University | 36500 | 38000 | 0.0394 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 96 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 97 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 43900 | 0.1414 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 98 | Kettering University | 38300 | 83800 | 0.5429 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 99 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 100 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 101 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39800 | 53700 | 0.259 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 102 | Western New England University | 40500 | 67300 | 0.398 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 103 | Temple University | 40700 | 55300 | 0.2642 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 104 | Quinnipiac University | 41000 | 79200 | 0.4822 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 105 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 54700 | 0.2285 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 106 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 107 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86200 | 0.4662 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 108 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 109 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50600 | 82600 | 0.3875 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 110 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 111 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 112 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 53900 | 56100 | 0.0393 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.