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Considering a degree in Industrial Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Industrial Engineering majors who live in Texas.
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 Texas.
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 | 8000 | 93000 | 0.9142 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9200 | 62400 | 0.8519 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Houston City College | 9300 | 15100 | 0.3854 | 59,451 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 30900 | 0.6402 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 6 | San Jacinto Community College | 11300 | 14300 | 0.2097 | 33,215 | 1135 | 1 | |
| 7 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12000 | 33800 | 0.6454 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 12000 | 35500 | 0.6619 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 10 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13500 | 27700 | 0.5121 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 12 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 43500 | 0.6712 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 13 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14600 | 23900 | 0.389 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 16 | Western Michigan University | 14800 | 26500 | 0.4419 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 15200 | 38300 | 0.6037 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 18 | Texas State University | 15700 | 25700 | 0.391 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 19 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3133 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 20 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16300 | 62800 | 0.7401 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 20 | Northern Illinois University | 16300 | 30400 | 0.4642 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 20 | University of South Florida | 16300 | 16300 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16400 | 27800 | 0.4093 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 24 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 16500 | 25800 | 0.3604 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 25 | University of Houston | 16900 | 21800 | 0.2248 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 25 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 27 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17400 | 20800 | 0.1623 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 27 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 29 | Francis Marion University | 17800 | 36100 | 0.5066 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 30 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 36800 | 0.5074 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 31 | Northeastern University | 18200 | 90000 | 0.7978 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 32 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18700 | 65300 | 0.7136 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 33 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 33 | University of Rhode Island | 19000 | 81200 | 0.766 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 35 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 36 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20000 | 26900 | 0.2565 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 37 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 38 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 76200 | 0.7322 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 39 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 40 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 41 | SUNY Maritime College | 21300 | 32000 | 0.3345 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 42 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 21800 | 48500 | 0.5501 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 43 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 44 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 23400 | 30000 | 0.2199 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 45 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 23500 | 48800 | 0.5186 | 1,650 | 1055 | 0.7039 | |
| 46 | Lamar University | 23700 | 37500 | 0.368 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 47 | Montana State University | 24900 | 73500 | 0.6614 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 48 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 49 | Iowa State University | 25600 | 43300 | 0.4092 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 50 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 51 | St. Mary's University | 26300 | 59900 | 0.5609 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 52 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.1094 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 40600 | 0.3374 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 54 | Oakland University | 27200 | 39300 | 0.3075 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 55 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31300 | 0.1274 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 56 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 28000 | 33300 | 0.1589 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 57 | Wayne State University | 28300 | 46800 | 0.3956 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 58 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 59 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 60 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 29200 | 95600 | 0.6949 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 61 | Morgan State University | 29300 | 41800 | 0.299 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 62 | Methodist University | 30100 | 66200 | 0.5453 | 1,467 | 1185 | 0.7516 | |
| 62 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 64 | Lawrence Technological University | 30500 | 99100 | 0.6926 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 64 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 64 | Texas Tech University | 30500 | 38900 | 0.216 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 67 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39400 | 0.2209 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 68 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78200 | 0.6058 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 69 | Gannon University | 30900 | 92500 | 0.6661 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 70 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 70 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 72 | University of Louisville | 31300 | 42100 | 0.2562 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 73 | South Carolina State University | 31500 | 41600 | 0.2427 | 3,059 | 925 | 0.6797 | |
| 74 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 31600 | 38500 | 0.1793 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 75 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31800 | 36700 | 0.1334 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 76 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 77 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32300 | 54400 | 0.4062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 77 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 79 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 79 | Wichita State University | 32700 | 40100 | 0.1844 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 81 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 32900 | 72600 | 0.5465 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 81 | Saint Ambrose University | 32900 | 57700 | 0.43 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 83 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44700 | 0.2595 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 84 | University of Indianapolis | 34000 | 60700 | 0.4397 | 3,394 | 1080 | 0.728 | |
| 85 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 34100 | 55500 | 0.3857 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 86 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 87 | Western New England University | 35600 | 87400 | 0.5927 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 88 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60000 | 0.4036 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 88 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 90 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 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 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37900 | 66600 | 0.4307 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 94 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 39000 | 60200 | 0.3528 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 95 | University of Illinois Chicago | 41300 | 51300 | 0.1949 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 96 | University at Buffalo | 41700 | 46400 | 0.1014 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 97 | University of San Diego | 42100 | 110100 | 0.6176 | 6,049 | 1298 | 0.5358 | |
| 98 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 58900 | 0.2835 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 99 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 100 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 101 | Kansas State University | 43600 | 47900 | 0.0889 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 102 | Colorado Christian University | 45600 | 87000 | 0.4761 | 8,200 | 1110 | 1 | |
| 103 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 104 | University of Southern Maine | 48500 | 63100 | 0.2313 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 105 | Quinnipiac University | 50000 | 118300 | 0.5772 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 106 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 107 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3859 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 108 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 109 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 110 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 57900 | 59900 | 0.0334 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 111 | Hofstra University | 59200 | 83400 | 0.2901 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 112 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 59700 | 64800 | 0.0787 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 113 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63400 | 65000 | 0.0246 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 114 | Auburn University | 75200 | 85500 | 0.1204 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.