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 Southern California. 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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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for IE majors, USC came in at #5. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for USC.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at USC paid an average of $1,995 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $59,260 | $59,260 |
Fees | $1,015 | $1,015 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $16,398 | $16,398 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,278 | $2,278 |
Learn more about USC tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at USC in IE walked away with an average of $23,250 in student debt. That is about the same as the national average of $22,915.
IE who receive their bachelor’s degree from USC make an average of $78,657 a year during the early days of their career. That is 23% higher than the national average of $63,872.
Online degrees for the USC 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 USC Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in IE in 2019-2020, 48.1% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 34.1%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 38.9% of the IE bachelor’s degrees at USC in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 29%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 9 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 7 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 |
White | 24 |
International Students | 8 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
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 | 54 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to industrial engineering.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 43 |
Biomedical Engineering | 51 |
Chemical Engineering | 41 |
Civil Engineering | 25 |
Computer Engineering | 42 |
*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.