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2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering in California

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$40,600 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended IE Major in California for a Doctorate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended IE Major in California for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 9,072 people earned their degree in industrial engineering, making the major the 87th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, industrial engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,960 and had an average of $24,268 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 464 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,454 and $23,127 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,525 and $0 respectively.

To top this list, a school must have a successful industrial engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended IE Major in California for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended IE Major in California for a Doctorate”.

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

Out of the 1 schools in the Most Well Attended IE Major in California for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Southern California is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

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