Industrial Engineering

A program that prepares individuals to apply scientific and mathematical principles to the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, material, information, and energy. Includes instruction in applied mathematics, physical sciences, the social sciences, engineering analysis, systems design, computer applications, and forecasting and evaluation methodology.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 138 institutions across the United States, with a total of 26355 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

189

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

5,205

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

206

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

2,737

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

357

degrees awarded

Other Awards

17,633

awards given

Top Schools for Industrial Engineering

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	1,560
2	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	1,386
3	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	1,182
4	Clemson University Clemson, SC	935
5	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	894
6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	798
7	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	645
8	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	582
9	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	573
10	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	552
11	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	534
12	University of Houston Houston, TX	504
13	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	459
14	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	459
15	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	456
16	Northeastern University Boston, MA	420
17	Auburn University Auburn, AL	405
18	Iowa State University Ames, IA	399
19	Wichita State University Wichita, KS	399
20	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	393
21	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	393
22	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	366
23	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	357
24	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	354
25	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	351
26	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	312
27	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS	306
28	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	300
29	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	288
30	University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez, PR	279
31	University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI	270
32	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	270
33	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	258
34	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	252
35	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	237
36	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	231
37	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	231
38	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	231
39	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	219
40	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	216
41	New York University New York, NY	216
42	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	207
43	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	201
44	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	201
45	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	189
46	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	171
47	North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC	168
48	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	162
49	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	162
50	Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL	162
51	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	150
52	Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico Hato Rey, PR	150
53	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, SD	144
54	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	144
55	University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL	138
56	The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX	138
57	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	135
58	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	135
59	Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL	132
60	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	132
61	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	129
62	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	126
63	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	123
64	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	120
65	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	117
66	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	117
67	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	114
68	New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM	111
69	Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI	108
70	University of Wisconsin-Platteville Platteville, WI	105
71	Northcentral Technical College Wausau, WI	96
72	Montana State University Bozeman, MT	96
73	University of New Haven West Haven, CT	90
74	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	90
75	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	87
76	Texas A & M University-Kingsville Kingsville, TX	78
77	University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO	75
78	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	75
79	Bradley University Peoria, IL	75
80	Kettering University Flint, MI	75
81	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA	72
82	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	69
83	Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI	69
84	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	69
85	Brown University Providence, RI	66
86	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	63
87	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon Bayamon, PR	63
88	Lamar University Beaumont, TX	63
89	Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional Studies Fort Wayne, IN	63
90	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	60
91	North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND	60
92	Morgan State University Baltimore, MD	57
93	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	57
94	Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA	55
95	Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH	54
96	Colorado State University Pueblo Pueblo, CO	47
97	Gonzaga University Spokane, WA	42
98	University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN	39
99	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Erie, PA	39
100	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Tallahassee, FL	39