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Considering a degree in Industrial Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Industrial Engineering majors who live in North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5700 | 40700 | 0.859 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 2 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 94200 | 0.9162 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 4 | Lamar University | 9300 | 22900 | 0.5932 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 5 | California State University-East Bay | 9500 | 30100 | 0.6853 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 6 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 10100 | 41400 | 0.7561 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 7 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10800 | 26000 | 0.5852 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 8 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11300 | 35700 | 0.683 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 9 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11700 | 30200 | 0.6125 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 10 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 13 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12800 | 30000 | 0.5734 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 14 | Fort Hays State University | 12900 | 19900 | 0.3508 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 15 | University of Southern Maine | 13100 | 23000 | 0.43 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 35000 | 0.6196 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 17 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 42900 | 0.6875 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 18 | Western Carolina University | 14000 | 16600 | 0.1541 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 19 | Youngstown State University | 14100 | 28400 | 0.5033 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 20 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14200 | 19400 | 0.2693 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14600 | 23900 | 0.389 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 22 | West Virginia University | 14800 | 73100 | 0.7972 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 23 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15200 | 25800 | 0.4099 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 23 | Texas State University | 15200 | 26100 | 0.4175 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 25 | Florida State University | 15700 | 23000 | 0.3177 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 26 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 15900 | 24200 | 0.3436 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 27 | Oakland University | 16200 | 28200 | 0.4258 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 28 | Texas Tech University | 16300 | 27100 | 0.3984 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 29 | Francis Marion University | 16500 | 36100 | 0.5425 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16500 | 38700 | 0.5729 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 31 | University of Louisville | 17100 | 29100 | 0.4128 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 32 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17300 | 28900 | 0.402 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 33 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 34 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 35 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5763 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 35 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 28500 | 0.3737 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 37 | Northeastern University | 18000 | 90000 | 0.7999 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 38 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 38 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 40 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 33900 | 0.4514 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 41 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 42 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 43 | University of Houston | 20100 | 28400 | 0.2926 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 43 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 76400 | 0.7373 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 45 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 46 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 47 | South Carolina State University | 21100 | 43100 | 0.5108 | 3,059 | 925 | 0.6797 | |
| 48 | St. Mary's University | 21500 | 82100 | 0.7383 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 49 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 21800 | 48800 | 0.5534 | 1,650 | 1055 | 0.7039 | |
| 50 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 51 | SUNY Maritime College | 22900 | 59200 | 0.6135 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 52 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 53 | University of South Florida | 24800 | 36500 | 0.3202 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 54 | University at Buffalo | 24900 | 34000 | 0.2677 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 55 | Wichita State University | 25100 | 30600 | 0.1788 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 56 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25500 | 39400 | 0.3529 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 57 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 58 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1807 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 40600 | 0.3448 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 60 | Saint Ambrose University | 27100 | 57700 | 0.5306 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 61 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27700 | 33300 | 0.1671 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 62 | Methodist University | 28100 | 88000 | 0.6802 | 1,467 | 1185 | 0.7516 | |
| 63 | Wayne State University | 28200 | 46800 | 0.3977 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 64 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 64 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 66 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 67 | Lawrence Technological University | 30100 | 99100 | 0.6966 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 67 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 69 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78300 | 0.6131 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 70 | Gannon University | 30600 | 52900 | 0.4219 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 71 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 72 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 73 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 74 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32100 | 54400 | 0.4099 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 75 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 75 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 77 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 78 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33000 | 72600 | 0.5451 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 79 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 80 | University of Indianapolis | 33700 | 60700 | 0.4442 | 3,394 | 1080 | 0.728 | |
| 81 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 39000 | 0.13 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 82 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 83 | Bradley University | 35500 | 60300 | 0.4114 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 83 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 83 | Western New England University | 35500 | 70600 | 0.4969 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 86 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 87 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0894 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 88 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36700 | 36700 | 0 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 89 | Western Michigan University | 37300 | 37900 | 0.0158 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 90 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37500 | 40100 | 0.064 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 91 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 92 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 93 | University of San Diego | 41600 | 85900 | 0.5158 | 6,049 | 1298 | 0.5358 | |
| 94 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41700 | 55300 | 0.2461 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 95 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 96 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 97 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0926 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 98 | Colorado Christian University | 45300 | 63600 | 0.2879 | 8,200 | 1110 | 1 | |
| 99 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 100 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47300 | 57100 | 0.1716 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 101 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47500 | 47500 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 102 | Quinnipiac University | 49000 | 79700 | 0.3854 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 103 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49400 | 67600 | 0.2693 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 104 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50000 | 85400 | 0.4147 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 105 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50500 | 64400 | 0.2158 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 106 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 107 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 108 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 109 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 110 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62100 | 0.0548 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 111 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83300 | 0.2906 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 111 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 113 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61300 | 66900 | 0.0837 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 64000 | 64000 | 0 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.