2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Industrial & Management Engineering in Illinois

If you pursue a master's degree in industrial and management engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #51 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the most popular for industrial and management engineering students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 219 master's degrees in industrial and management engineering to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Industrial & Management Engineering School for Your Master's Degree

The industrial management master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Industrial & Management Engineering in Illinois ranking.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for industrial and management engineering, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

More Ways to Rank Industrial & Management Engineering Schools

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. Plus, you can view our other rankings for industrial and management engineering.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Industrial & Management Engineering in Illinois

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in industrial and management engineering.

Most Well Attended Schools for Industrial Management Students Working on Their Master's

1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

93 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a popular choice for students pursuing a master's degree in industrial and management engineering. UIUC is a very large public university located in the city of Champaign. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for master's degrees in industrial and management engineering in Illinois.

There were about 93 industrial and management engineering students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.

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2

Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL

58 Annual Master's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in industrial and management engineering has to take a look at Illinois Institute of Technology. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for master's degrees in industrial and management engineering in Illinois.

There were roughly 58 industrial and management engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at Illinois Tech in the most recent data year.

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3

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

51 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Northwestern University if you want to pursue a master's degree in industrial and management engineering. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in industrial and management engineering in Illinois.

There were roughly 51 industrial and management engineering students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available.

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4

Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL

17 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Northern Illinois University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in industrial and management engineering. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public university with a large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for master's degrees in industrial and management engineering in Illinois.

There were roughly 17 industrial and management engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at NIU in the most recent data year.

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Best Industrial & Management Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Industrial & Management Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	470	225
Ohio	466	103
Indiana	352	186

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Rankings in Majors Related to Industrial Management

Industrial & Management Engineering is one of 3 different types of Engineering-Related Fields programs to choose from.

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.