2024 Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in industrial & management engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #206 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 92 bachelor's degrees in industrial & management engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to industrial & management engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of industrial & management engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized industrial & management engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for industrial & management engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Industrial & Management Engineering Schools

The industrial management school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in California.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Industrial & Management Engineering in California

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in industrial & management engineering.

Top California Schools for a Bachelor's in Industrial Management

1

Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

67 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Stanford University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in industrial & management engineering. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in industrial & management engineering from Stanford University

2

California State University - Chico
Chico, CA

15 Annual Graduates

California State University - Chico is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in industrial & management engineering. Chico State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Chico.More information about a bachelor’s in industrial & management engineering from California State University - Chico

Best Industrial & Management Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Industrial & Management Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Oregon	343	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Industrial Management

One of 3 majors within the Engineering-Related Fields area of study, Industrial & Management Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Engineering-Related Fields	104
Packaging Science	20

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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.