2025 Best Industrial Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

If you plan on getting your master's degree in industrial engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #62 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for industrial engineering students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 84 master's degrees in industrial engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 industrial engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of industrial engineering students who choose to seek a master'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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for industrial engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized industrial engineering related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Industrial Engineering Schools

The ie 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 Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Industrial Engineering in Pennsylvania

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for industrial engineering students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Master's in IE

1

Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA

16 Annual Graduates

Lehigh University is a good decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in industrial engineering. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bethlehem.More information about a master’s in industrial engineering from Lehigh University

2

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

18 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus if you want to pursue a master's degree in industrial engineering. Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the city of Pittsburgh.More information about a master’s in industrial engineering from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Best Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Industrial Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	440
Maryland	193	0
New Jersey	188	56

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Rankings in Majors Related to IE

Industrial Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

IE Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Industrial Engineering	84

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	769
Mechanical Engineering	463
Computer Engineering	348
Biomedical Engineering	304
Civil Engineering	191
Systems Engineering	160
Chemical Engineering	136
Robotics Engineering	113
Other Engineering	109
Materials Engineering	91

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.