2025 Best General Industrial Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you pursue a doctor's degree in general industrial engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #67 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of general industrial engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 72 doctor's degrees in general industrial engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general industrial engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general industrial engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general industrial engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general industrial engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Industrial Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Industrial Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general industrial engineering.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in General IE

1

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Purdue University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general industrial engineering. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general industrial engineering from Purdue University - Main Campus

2

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Madison is a wonderful option for students pursuing a doctor's degree in general industrial engineering. UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Madison.More information about a doctorate in general industrial engineering from University of Wisconsin - Madison

Best General Industrial Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best general industrial engineering colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	273	21
Michigan	257	22
Ohio	253	9
Indiana	202	24
Wisconsin	163	13

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Rankings in Majors Related to General IE

One of 0 majors within the Industrial Engineering area of study, General Industrial Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.