Industrial Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #87 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Industrial Engineering Schools in Ohio ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 250 degrees in industrial engineering annually.
Your choice of industrial engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Industrial Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in Ohio list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of ie degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Ohio State University - Main Campus is a good option for students interested in a degree in industrial engineering. Ohio State is a very large public university located in the large city of Columbus. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 181 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent year we have data available. Those industrial engineering students who get their degree from Ohio State University - Main Campus receive $4,165 more than the average ie grad.
Any student pursuing a degree in industrial engineering has to look into Ohio University - Athens Campus. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Athens. This university ranks 7th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 29 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the ie program state that they receive average early career income of $70,199.
Every student pursuing a degree in industrial engineering has to check out Youngstown State University. Located in the city of Youngstown, Youngstown State University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 39th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 17 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Youngstown State University in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the ie program earn around $69,202 for their early career.
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 industrial engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Industrial Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
