2025 Best Industrial Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

a doctor's degree in industrial engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #63 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of industrial engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 52 doctor's degrees in industrial engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on industrial engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other industrial engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt industrial engineering students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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 doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Industrial Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Industrial Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in industrial engineering.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in IE

1

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

11 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in industrial engineering has to look into University at Buffalo. Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in industrial engineering from University at Buffalo

2

Binghamton University
Vestal, NY

14 Annual Graduates

Binghamton University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in industrial engineering. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Vestal, Binghamton University is a public university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in industrial engineering from Binghamton University

Best Industrial Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best industrial engineering colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	18
New York	174	23
New Jersey	115	15

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Industrial Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Industrial Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

IE Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Industrial Engineering	52

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	384
Mechanical Engineering	344
Biomedical Engineering	269
Chemical Engineering	241
Civil Engineering	195
Materials Engineering	109
General Engineering	61
Operations Research	44
Computer Engineering	43
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	42

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.