Recent Articles
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 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 93000 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 9100 | 38900 | 0.7664 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 4 | California State University-East Bay | 9400 | 62400 | 0.8487 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 5 | University of Central Florida | 10500 | 25300 | 0.5856 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 6 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10800 | 33500 | 0.6769 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 7 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11400 | 33800 | 0.6631 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 7 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 40100 | 0.7156 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 35500 | 0.6703 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 10 | Francis Marion University | 11900 | 30100 | 0.6048 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29600 | 0.5802 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 12 | Wayne State University | 12500 | 32900 | 0.6197 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 13 | Lamar University | 12600 | 22900 | 0.4492 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 14 | University of Southern Maine | 13200 | 29700 | 0.5553 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 15 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 15 | University of Houston | 13900 | 21800 | 0.3623 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 17 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 43500 | 0.6781 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 17 | Western Carolina University | 14000 | 16600 | 0.1541 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 19 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 20 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14300 | 19400 | 0.2642 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14600 | 23900 | 0.389 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 22 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 15200 | 38300 | 0.6037 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 23 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3992 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 24 | Texas State University | 15900 | 25700 | 0.3819 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 26 | Northern Illinois University | 16000 | 30400 | 0.4735 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 27 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16100 | 62800 | 0.7433 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 28 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 30 | Kansas State University | 16900 | 26400 | 0.3596 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 31 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17100 | 20700 | 0.1739 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 31 | University of Louisville | 17100 | 29100 | 0.4128 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 33 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 33 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 35 | Northeastern University | 18000 | 90000 | 0.8 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 36 | Texas Tech University | 18300 | 27100 | 0.3246 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 37 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18600 | 65300 | 0.7151 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 38 | San Jose State University | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5427 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 39 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18900 | 37900 | 0.5031 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 40 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 41 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19800 | 26900 | 0.264 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 42 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 43 | University of Rhode Island | 20100 | 81200 | 0.7524 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 43 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 76200 | 0.7362 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 45 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20500 | 36600 | 0.4396 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 46 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 46 | South Carolina State University | 20700 | 30000 | 0.3095 | 3,059 | 925 | 0.6797 | |
| 48 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 49 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21200 | 47800 | 0.5566 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 49 | SUNY Maritime College | 21200 | 32000 | 0.3376 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 51 | Western Michigan University | 22200 | 37800 | 0.413 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 52 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32200 | 0.3047 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 53 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 54 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 23200 | 48800 | 0.5247 | 1,650 | 1055 | 0.7039 | |
| 55 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24500 | 42000 | 0.4172 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 56 | Montana State University | 24700 | 73500 | 0.6641 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 57 | University at Buffalo | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2706 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 58 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0806 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 59 | St. Mary's University | 26300 | 59800 | 0.5604 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 60 | Oakland University | 26800 | 39300 | 0.3177 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 61 | University of Arkansas | 26900 | 52400 | 0.4869 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 62 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 27400 | 29900 | 0.0837 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 63 | Morgan State University | 29200 | 41800 | 0.3014 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 64 | University of South Florida | 29600 | 36700 | 0.1934 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 65 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 66 | Methodist University | 29900 | 65400 | 0.5423 | 1,467 | 1185 | 0.7516 | |
| 67 | Lawrence Technological University | 30100 | 99100 | 0.6966 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 68 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78200 | 0.6097 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 68 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 70 | Gannon University | 30600 | 92500 | 0.6694 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 70 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30600 | 39400 | 0.2234 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 72 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 72 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 74 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 31400 | 38500 | 0.1845 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 75 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31700 | 36700 | 0.1361 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 76 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 77 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 78 | Wichita State University | 32700 | 40100 | 0.1844 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 79 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33000 | 72600 | 0.5451 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 79 | Saint Ambrose University | 33000 | 57700 | 0.4283 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 81 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 82 | University of Indianapolis | 34000 | 60700 | 0.4397 | 3,394 | 1080 | 0.728 | |
| 83 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 84 | Bradley University | 35500 | 60000 | 0.4086 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 85 | Western New England University | 35700 | 87400 | 0.5916 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 86 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 87 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.078 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 88 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0825 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 89 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 90 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37500 | 66600 | 0.4367 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 91 | Kettering University | 37700 | 71800 | 0.4749 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 92 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 93 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 60200 | 0.3589 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 94 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 95 | Quinnipiac University | 39800 | 118300 | 0.6634 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 96 | University of Illinois Chicago | 41000 | 51300 | 0.2007 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 97 | University of San Diego | 41600 | 110100 | 0.6222 | 6,049 | 1298 | 0.5358 | |
| 98 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 99 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 100 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 101 | Colorado Christian University | 45600 | 87000 | 0.4761 | 8,200 | 1110 | 1 | |
| 102 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 95600 | 0.4741 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 103 | Binghamton University | 50500 | 52800 | 0.0433 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 104 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3859 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 105 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 106 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 57900 | 65700 | 0.1188 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 108 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83400 | 0.2913 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 109 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 110 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 60000 | 64800 | 0.074 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 111 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 112 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63000 | 65000 | 0.0308 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 114 | Auburn University | 75300 | 85500 | 0.1193 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.