2022 Best Industrial Engineering Schools
College Factual looked at 110 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Best Industrial Engineering Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 9,448 degrees in industrial engineering during the 2019-2020 academic year.
What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings
Choosing a Great Industrial Engineering School
The IE program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Industrial Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for industrial engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Industrial Engineering Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Industrial Engineering Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Best Schools for Industrial Engineering in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the IE degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
16 Top Schools in IE
Every student pursuing a degree in industrial engineering needs to take a look at Northwestern University. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Schools rank of #14 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were roughly 112 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available. Those industrial engineering students who get their degree from Northwestern University earn $11,684 more than the standard IE grad.
More information about a degree in industrial engineering from Northwestern University
Every student pursuing a degree in industrial engineering has to check out Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Schools rank of #22 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were roughly 114 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a good option for students pursuing a degree in industrial engineering. Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta. A Best Schools rank of #35 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means Georgia Tech is a great school overall.
There were about 473 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the industrial engineering degree program at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus get $8,784 more than the standard graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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It is hard to beat University of Michigan - Ann Arbor if you wish to pursue a degree in industrial engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Schools rank of #40 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were roughly 273 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the industrial engineering program at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor get $15,484 above the average college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
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Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Schools rank of #33 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 94 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year. Those industrial engineering students who get their degree from University of Southern California earn $8,884 more than the typical IE graduate.
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Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bethlehem. A Best Schools rank of #57 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means Lehigh is a great university overall.
There were roughly 134 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Lehigh in the most recent year we have data available. Those industrial engineering students who get their degree from Lehigh University receive $5,584 more than the standard IE student.
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Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Schools rank of #58 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means Northeastern is a great university overall.
There were roughly 184 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the IE program state that they receive average early career earnings of $64,100.
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Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg. This school ranks 3rd out of 73 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 235 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent data year.
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UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the city of Madison. A Best Schools rank of #69 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were approximately 155 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.
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Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were roughly 378 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the medium-sized city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Schools rank of #64 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means WPI is a great school overall.
There were about 30 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at WPI in the most recent year we have data available.
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Clemson is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Clemson. This university ranks 2nd out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 353 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, IE degree recipients usually make an average of $65,500 in the first five years of their career.
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UT Austin is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Austin. A Best Schools rank of #52 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were approximately 28 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.
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Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of College Station. This university ranks 3rd out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 364 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent year we have data available.
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Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo. This university ranks 13th out of 203 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 101 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the most recent data year. Industrial Engineering degree recipients from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo get an earnings boost of about $4,384 above the typical income of industrial engineering majors.
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UIUC is a very large public university located in the small city of Champaign. A Best Schools rank of #68 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 85 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year. Those industrial engineering students who get their degree from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign earn $7,884 more than the standard IE student.
More information about a degree in industrial engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignHonorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Industrial Engineering Schools award.
Rank | College | Location |
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17 | Kettering University | Flint, MI |
18 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY |
19 | University of Washington - Seattle Campus | Seattle, WA |
20 | University of Connecticut | Storrs, CT |
21 | Ohio State University - Main Campus | Columbus, OH |
22 | SUNY Maritime College | Throggs Neck, NY |
23 | North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC |
24 | University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus | Pittsburgh, PA |
25 | Iowa State University | Ames, IA |
Industrial Engineering by Region
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Rankings in Majors Related to IE
Industrial Engineering is one of 40 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Mechanical Engineering | 47,598 |
Electrical Engineering | 30,670 |
Civil Engineering | 21,561 |
Computer Engineering | 16,932 |
Chemical Engineering | 13,610 |
Biomedical Engineering | 12,258 |
General Engineering | 11,925 |
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 7,582 |
Systems Engineering | 3,604 |
Materials Engineering | 3,485 |
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.