2025 Best General Industrial Engineering Schools in Rhode Island

Ranked #95 in popularity, general industrial engineering is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island 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 37 degrees in general industrial engineering annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall General Industrial Engineering Schools List

General Industrial Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

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 Schools in Rhode Island list, to help you choose the best school for you. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for General Industrial Engineering in Rhode Island

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the general ie degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Rhode Island Schools in General IE

1

Brown University
Providence, RI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Brown University is a great option for students interested in a degree in general industrial engineering. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Providence.More information about a degree in general industrial engineering from Brown University

2

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's difficult to beat University of Rhode Island if you want to pursue a degree in general industrial engineering. URI is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Kingston.More information about a degree in general industrial engineering from University of Rhode Island

Best General Industrial Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	854	282
Connecticut	538	104
Vermont	352	5

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Rankings in Majors Related to General IE

General Industrial Engineering is one of 0 different types of Industrial Engineering programs to choose from.

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.