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2026 Best Value General Industrial Engineering Schools in Rhode Island

[General Industrial Engineering](/majors/engineering/ie-industrial-engineering/general-industrial-engineering/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.

To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 3 schools on the balance of cost and outcomes for general industrial engineering students.

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• Best Value General Industrial Engineering Schools in Rhode Island

2026 Best Value General Industrial Engineering Schools in Rhode Island

If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the general industrial engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.

Best Value General Industrial Engineering Schools

1

University Of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

$16,942 In-State Tuition & Fees

$23,432 Avg Student Debt

$69,743 Median Earnings (10yr)

University Of Rhode Island tops our 2026 list of the best value general industrial engineering schools in Rhode Island. University Of Rhode Island is a very large public school located in the suburb of Kingston. Expect in-state tuition and fees of around $16,942, with out-of-state students paying around $37,146. Students borrow a median of $23,432 to complete the general industrial engineering program here. General Industrial Engineering graduates of University Of Rhode Island earn a median of $52,821 early in their careers. That is a strong return on a $23,432 median debt. University Of Rhode Island admits about 72% of applicants.

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Brown University
Providence, RI

$71,312 In-State Tuition & Fees

$13,025 Avg Student Debt

$93,487 Median Earnings (10yr)

The strong cost-to-outcome balance at Brown University earned it the #2 place for general industrial engineering. Brown University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence. Students from in state pay about $71,312 in tuition and fees. Students borrow a median of $13,025 to complete the general industrial engineering program here. General Industrial Engineering graduates of Brown University earn a median of $62,820 early in their careers. That is a strong return on a $13,025 median debt. The acceptance rate is 5%.

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Notes and References

The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 3 schools evaluated.

*Averages shown above reflect the top 2 ranked schools only.

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.