2025 Best General Industrial Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region
7Colleges in the Far Western US Region
480General IE Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in general industrial engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #95 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for general industrial engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 480 degrees in general industrial engineering annually.
Choosing a Great General Industrial Engineering School
Your choice of general industrial engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Industrial Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
General Industrial Engineering Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Industrial Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for General Industrial Engineering in the Far Western US Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general ie degree levels they offer.
University of Southern California is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general industrial engineering. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 83 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general industrial engineering. UW Seattle is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were approximately 70 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available.
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general industrial engineering. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public university located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo. A Best Colleges rank of #165 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a great university overall.
There were roughly 85 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the most recent data year.
Gonzaga University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general industrial engineering. Gonzaga is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Spokane. This university ranks 4th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 8 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Gonzaga in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were roughly 73 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Oregon State in the most recent data year.
Located in the 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 roughly 55 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly Pomona in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of San Diego, USD is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 35th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 38 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at USD in the most recent data year.
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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).
Your choice of general industrial engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Industrial Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
