2025 Best Industrial & Management Engineering Schools in California
3Colleges in California
461Industrial Management Degrees Awarded
Industrial & Management Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #133 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of industrial & management engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 461 degrees in industrial & management engineering to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Industrial & Management Engineering School
The industrial management program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Industrial & Management Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall Industrial & Management Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that 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.
Pick Your Industrial & Management Engineering Degree Level
The industrial management school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Industrial & Management Engineering Schools in California.
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Best Schools for Industrial & Management Engineering in California
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 industrial management degrees they offer, see the list below.
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in industrial & management engineering. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo. A Best Colleges rank of #165 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a great university overall.
There were about 24 industrial & management engineering students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the most recent year we have data available.
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in industrial & management engineering. Located in the large suburb of Pomona, Cal Poly Pomona is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 60th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 13 industrial & management engineering students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly Pomona in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in industrial & management engineering needs to check out California State University - Chico. Chico State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Chico. This university ranks 64th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 21 industrial & management engineering students who graduated with this degree at Chico State in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
The industrial management program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Industrial & Management Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall Industrial & Management Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
