2025 Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut

Industrial Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #71 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 54 bachelor's degrees in industrial engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 - How many other industrial engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 bachelor'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 colleges for industrial engineering students working on their bachelor'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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Industrial Engineering in Connecticut

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for industrial engineering students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Connecticut Schools for a Bachelor's in IE

1

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

42 Annual Graduates

$77,692 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering needs to look into University of Connecticut. UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Storrs.

Soon after graduating, ie bachelor's recipients generally make around $77,692 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in industrial engineering from University of Connecticut

2

Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT

12 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Quinnipiac University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering. Quinnipiac is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Hamden.More information about a bachelor’s in industrial engineering from Quinnipiac University

Best Industrial Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Industrial Engineering Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	238	152
Rhode Island	157	15
Vermont	155	4

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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	54

Majors Similar to IE

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	408
Civil Engineering	179
Electrical Engineering	136
Biomedical Engineering	124
Computer Engineering	109
Chemical Engineering	77
General Engineering	36
Engineering Science	31
Environmental Engineering	31
Marine Engineering	26

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.