The main focus area for this major is General Industrial Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Industrial Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in IE, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. UIUC was ranked #16 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for IE majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #2 in Illinois.
Here are some of the other rankings for UIUC.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at UIUC was $1,079 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $605 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $14,317 | $33,824 |
Fees | $2,896 | $2,896 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,252 | $12,252 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,500 | $2,500 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UIUC in IE walked away with an average of $21,500 in student debt. That is 6% lower than the national average of $22,915.
The median early career salary of IE students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UIUC is $72,134 per year. That is 13% higher than the national average of $63,872.
Online degrees for the UIUC IE bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UIUC Online Learning page.
About 19.1% of the students who received their BS in IE in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 34.1%.
Around 36.8% of IE bachelor’s degree recipients at UIUC in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 29%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 18 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 20 |
International Students | 23 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Industrial Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Industrial Engineering | 68 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 95 |
Agricultural Engineering | 108 |
Biomedical Engineering | 55 |
Chemical Engineering | 143 |
Civil Engineering | 180 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.