2025 Best General Industrial Engineering Schools in the New England Region
8Colleges in the New England Region
390General 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 8 schools in the New England 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 390 degrees in general industrial engineering annually.
Choosing a Great General Industrial Engineering School
The general ie program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Industrial Engineering rankings. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your General Industrial Engineering 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 New England 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 New England 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.
Northeastern University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general industrial engineering. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northeastern is a great university overall.
There were approximately 181 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern in the most recent year we have data available.
Brown University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general industrial engineering. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.More information about a degree in general industrial engineering from Brown University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general industrial engineering. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester. A Best Colleges rank of #52 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WPI is a great school overall.
There were about 21 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at WPI in the most recent data year.
University of Connecticut is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general industrial engineering. Located in the town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #57 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were approximately 47 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 41 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 8th out of 18 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 20 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at University of New Haven in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were about 20 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 5th out of 18 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 10 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Quinnipiac in the most recent year we have data available.
General Industrial Engineering Related Rankings by Major
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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).
The general ie program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Industrial Engineering rankings. 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.
