2025 Best Industrial Engineering Schools in New York
7Colleges in New York
572IE Degrees Awarded
$76,711Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in industrial engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #87 out of 395 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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Industrial Engineering Schools in New York ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 572 degrees in industrial engineering to qualified students.
The ie program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Industrial Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Industrial Engineering Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Industrial Engineering in New York
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 ie degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student who is interested in industrial engineering needs to check out Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 104 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in industrial engineering has to take a look at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Located in the city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #64 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means RPI is a great school overall.
There were approximately 57 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at RPI in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, ie degree recipients generally make about $74,787 in the first five years of their career.
New York University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in industrial engineering. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 42 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat University at Buffalo if you want to pursue a degree in industrial engineering. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Buffalo. This university ranks 18th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 104 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the ie program state that they receive average early career income of $63,476.
Binghamton University is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Vestal. This university ranks 15th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 139 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Binghamton University 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 wages of $72,363.
Located in the suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. This school ranks 13th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 83 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at RIT in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the ie program earn an average of $72,764 in their early career salary.
Located in the city of Throggs Neck, SUNY Maritime College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 76th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 23 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Maritime College in the most recent year we have data available. Those industrial engineering students who get their degree from SUNY Maritime College receive $14,759 more than the standard ie grad.
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).