2025 Best Industrial Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Washington

a master's degree in industrial engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #62 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for industrial engineering students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 50 master's degrees in industrial engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master'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 master'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 master'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 full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for industrial engineering students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The ie school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Industrial Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Washington.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Industrial Engineering in Washington

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in industrial engineering.

Top Washington Schools for a Master's in IE

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

36 Annual Graduates

$132,568 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in industrial engineering needs to take a look at University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the ie program make an average of $132,568 for their early career.

More information about a master’s in industrial engineering from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

2

Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA

14 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Gonzaga University if you want to pursue a master's degree in industrial engineering. Located in the midsize city of Spokane, Gonzaga is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in industrial engineering from Gonzaga University

Best Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Industrial Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	52
Oregon	158	20

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Industrial Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Industrial Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

IE Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Industrial Engineering	50

Majors Similar to IE

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	185
Civil Engineering	165
Mechanical Engineering	149
Materials Engineering	56
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	43
Chemical Engineering	22
Biomedical Engineering	21
Agricultural Engineering	5
Computer Engineering	5
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	3

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.