2025 Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alabama

a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #71 out of 363 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 Alabama to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of industrial engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 131 bachelor's degrees in industrial engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * 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 bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to industrial engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other industrial engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for industrial engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• 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 colleges for industrial engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Industrial Engineering Schools

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alabama list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Industrial Engineering in Alabama

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

Top Alabama Schools for a Bachelor's in IE

1

Auburn University
Auburn, AL

86 Annual Graduates

$71,063 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Auburn University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the ie program state that they receive average early career wages of $71,063.

More information about a bachelor’s in industrial engineering from Auburn University

2

University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL

45 Annual Graduates

$76,690 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat University of Alabama in Huntsville if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering. UAH is a moderately-sized public university located in the midsize city of Huntsville.

Industrial Engineering bachelor's degree recipients from University of Alabama in Huntsville earn a boost of around $2,814 over the typical income of industrial engineering majors.

More information about a bachelor’s in industrial engineering from University of Alabama in Huntsville

Best Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	278
Georgia	224	338
Tennessee	220	37
North Carolina	213	142
Virginia	213	215
South Carolina	195	191
Kentucky	187	36
Louisiana	171	68
Mississippi	169	57
Arkansas	167	63
West Virginia	147	126

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Rankings in Majors Related to IE

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

IE Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Industrial Engineering	131

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	711
Civil Engineering	344
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	302
Electrical Engineering	286
Chemical Engineering	262
Computer Engineering	209
Architectural Engineering	162
Biomedical Engineering	59
Biological Engineering	50
Materials Engineering	24

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.