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 Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 3 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11000 | 26000 | 0.5786 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 3 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11000 | 29100 | 0.6225 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11600 | 26900 | 0.5682 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 6 | University of Central Florida | 11700 | 25300 | 0.5369 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 7 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 8 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 26500 | 0.5277 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 8 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12500 | 17900 | 0.3025 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 10 | Fort Hays State University | 12600 | 22600 | 0.4438 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 12 | Navajo Technical University | 12700 | 24900 | 0.4891 | 1,678 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | East Texas A&M University | 12800 | 30000 | 0.5734 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 16 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 16 | Francis Marion University | 13900 | 24100 | 0.424 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5445 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 19 | California State University-East Bay | 14500 | 30200 | 0.5211 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 19 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 21 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 22 | Western Michigan University | 14900 | 26500 | 0.4381 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 23 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 15200 | 37900 | 0.599 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 24 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 25 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 26 | Oakland University | 15500 | 28200 | 0.4507 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 27 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 28 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 29 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 31 | Wayne State University | 16200 | 32900 | 0.5073 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 33 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 34 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 16800 | 20700 | 0.1884 | 8,320 | 1090 | 0.8858 | |
| 35 | University of Louisville | 17100 | 29100 | 0.4128 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 36 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17600 | 29900 | 0.4126 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 37 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17700 | 25200 | 0.2971 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 37 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 39 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 43200 | 0.5853 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 40 | Youngstown State University | 18100 | 34000 | 0.4677 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 41 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 33900 | 0.4485 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 42 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 43 | Wichita State University | 19500 | 29800 | 0.3473 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 44 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19900 | 30500 | 0.3473 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 45 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 46 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 47 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20600 | 23200 | 0.1121 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 48 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 49 | SUNY Maritime College | 20900 | 32000 | 0.347 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 50 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 26100 | 0.1956 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 50 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 52 | Montana State University | 22100 | 27100 | 0.1843 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 53 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 22500 | 48800 | 0.5391 | 1,650 | 1055 | 0.7039 | |
| 54 | University of San Diego | 23300 | 83300 | 0.7205 | 5,851 | 1298 | 0.5238 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 23700 | 41300 | 0.4262 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 56 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 57 | Saint Ambrose University | 24000 | 55400 | 0.5664 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 58 | Temple University | 24500 | 36100 | 0.3216 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 59 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 41500 | 0.366 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 60 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0757 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 60 | St. Mary's University | 26300 | 59800 | 0.5604 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 63 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 28900 | 0.0849 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 64 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26900 | 30100 | 0.1047 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 65 | University of Arizona | 27300 | 37700 | 0.2762 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 66 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 67 | Colorado Christian University | 28100 | 64000 | 0.5609 | 8,200 | 1110 | 0.9764 | |
| 68 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 69 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2143 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 70 | Gannon University | 29000 | 52900 | 0.4522 | 2,768 | 1133 | 0.7416 | |
| 71 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2141 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 72 | Methodist University | 29400 | 65800 | 0.5529 | 1,467 | 1185 | 0.7514 | |
| 72 | Morgan State University | 29400 | 41900 | 0.2986 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 74 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29700 | 31800 | 0.0675 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 75 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 76 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30300 | 38500 | 0.213 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 76 | South Carolina State University | 30300 | 41600 | 0.2716 | 2,950 | 930 | 0.8262 | |
| 78 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 79 | Lamar University | 30700 | 38300 | 0.1986 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 80 | Lawrence Technological University | 31800 | 71900 | 0.5576 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 81 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1214 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 82 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 83 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 84 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1203 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 85 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34500 | 70200 | 0.5089 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 85 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4788 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 87 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 88 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 38900 | 0.0926 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 89 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35500 | 56700 | 0.3739 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 90 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36200 | 41600 | 0.1298 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 91 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1237 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 91 | University of New Haven | 36500 | 67300 | 0.4574 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 93 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 94 | Kettering University | 37400 | 71800 | 0.479 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 95 | Hofstra University | 38000 | 76900 | 0.5058 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 96 | Western New England University | 38500 | 69200 | 0.4438 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 97 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53100 | 0.2711 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 98 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 39800 | 53600 | 0.2576 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 99 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40200 | 50000 | 0.1962 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 100 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40800 | 55200 | 0.2608 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 101 | University at Buffalo | 43800 | 46700 | 0.0621 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 102 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 103 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 104 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44900 | 50600 | 0.1127 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 105 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 106 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 107 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 108 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50600 | 83600 | 0.3946 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 109 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 110 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0404 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 111 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 62800 | 0.1449 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 112 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0363 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 113 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 114 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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