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2025 Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools

87 Colleges in the United States
5,205 Bachelor's Degrees
$73,928 Avg Early-Career Salary
Industrial Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #71 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 87 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 5,205 bachelor's degrees in industrial engineering during the <nil> academic year.

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Choosing a Great Industrial Engineering School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools The ie bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

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 bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor'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:

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for industrial engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Industrial Engineering in the United States

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for industrial engineering students seeking a a bachelor's degree. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

17 Top Schools for a Bachelor's in IE

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346 Annual Graduates
$87,826 Median Starting Salary
$41,321 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering has to take a look at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

Those industrial engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus earn $13,898 more than the standard ie student.

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It's hard to beat Northwestern University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston.

Bachelor's recipients from the industrial engineering degree program at Northwestern University earn $15,883 more than the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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276 Annual Graduates
$74,529 Median Starting Salary
$27,105 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat Texas A&M University - College Station if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the ie program report average early career wages of $74,529.

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138 Annual Graduates
$86,476 Median Starting Salary
$58,067 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering has to take a look at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. U-M is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

Industrial Engineering bachelor's degree recipients from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor receive an earnings boost of about $12,548 above the typical income of industrial engineering majors.

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USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles.

Those industrial engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from University of Southern California receive $13,879 more than the standard ie graduate.

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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
240 Annual Graduates
$82,437 Median Starting Salary
$35,197 Median Student Debt

Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the industrial engineering major at Virginia Tech make $8,509 more than the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.

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Clemson University
Clemson, SC
169 Annual Graduates
$74,709 Median Starting Salary
$48,906 Median Student Debt

Clemson is a fairly large public university located in the midsize suburb of Clemson.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the ie program earn an average of $74,709 for their early career.

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269 Annual Graduates
$81,379 Median Starting Salary
$32,000 Median Student Debt

Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette.

Bachelor's recipients from the industrial engineering degree program at Purdue University - Main Campus make $7,451 above the typical college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA

Located in the city of Bethlehem, Lehigh is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.

Those industrial engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from Lehigh University make $7,214 more than the typical ie graduate.

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Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population.

Industrial Engineering bachelor's degree recipients from University of Wisconsin - Madison receive an earnings boost of about $6,507 over the typical income of industrial engineering majors.

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149 Annual Graduates
$80,876 Median Starting Salary
$29,077 Median Student Debt

Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbus.

Industrial Engineering bachelor's degree recipients from Ohio State University - Main Campus get an earnings boost of approximately $6,948 above the typical income of industrial engineering majors.

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Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the ie program earn around $73,777 in their early career salary.

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102 Annual Graduates
$74,310 Median Starting Salary
$19,655 Median Student Debt

Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the ie program make around $74,310 for their early career.

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NC State is a very large public university located in the city of Raleigh.

Those industrial engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from North Carolina State University receive $7,127 more than the typical ie grad.

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Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the industrial engineering major at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign earn $4,385 more than the typical college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Those industrial engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus receive $2,779 more than the standard ie graduate.

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Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston.

Industrial Engineering bachelor's degree recipients from Northeastern University receive an earnings boost of about $3,138 over the typical earnings of industrial engineering majors.

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Rest of the Top Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools

Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Industrial Engineering students that almost earned our Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
18 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY
19 University of Washington - Seattle Campus Seattle, WA
20 Auburn University Auburn, AL
21 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA
22 Rutgers University - New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ
23 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA
24 Arizona State University - Tempe Tempe, AZ
25 University of Central Florida Orlando, FL
26 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
27 New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ
28 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Knoxville, TN
29 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA

Industrial Engineering by Region

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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 5,205

Majors Similar to IE

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 33,840
Electrical Engineering 15,613
Civil Engineering 14,335
Computer Engineering 12,141
Chemical Engineering 8,935
Biomedical Engineering 8,820
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 6,195
General Engineering 2,697
Environmental Engineering 1,910
Materials Engineering 1,305

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