2025 Best General Industrial Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region
9Colleges in the Plains States Region
637General IE Degrees Awarded
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.
College Factual looked at 9 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Industrial Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 637 degrees in general industrial engineering to qualified students.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general industrial engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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 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 the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for General Industrial Engineering in the Plains States Region
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.
It's difficult to beat Iowa State University if you wish to pursue a degree in general industrial engineering. Iowa State is a very large public university located in the small city of Ames. A Best Colleges rank of #88 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were about 160 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat University of Minnesota - Twin Cities if you wish to pursue a degree in general industrial engineering. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the city of Minneapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were about 97 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Iowa is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general industrial engineering. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.
There were roughly 42 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat University of Missouri - Columbia if you want to pursue a degree in general industrial engineering. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #131 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.
There were approximately 35 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were approximately 58 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 15th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were approximately 108 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 12 schools for overall quality in the state of North Dakota.
There were roughly 44 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at North Dakota State University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Duluth, UMN Duluth is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 17th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 13 general industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at UMN Duluth in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of general industrial engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general industrial engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
