If you plan on majoring in industrial engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #87 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 9 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of industrial engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 810 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. We derive our Best Overall Industrial Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
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 Texas list to help you make the college decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the ie degree levels they offer.
Texas A&M University - College Station is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in industrial engineering. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of College Station. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were approximately 391 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, ie degree recipients generally make about $76,382 at the beginning of their careers.
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in industrial engineering. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the large city of Austin. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were roughly 12 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Houston is a good decision for students interested in a degree in industrial engineering. UH is a very large public university located in the city of Houston. This university ranks 14th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 57 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the ie program earn around $76,147 for their early career.
Texas Tech University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in industrial engineering. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #161 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Texas Tech is a great university overall.
There were roughly 66 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the ie program make an average of $71,545 for their early career.
UT Arlington is a very large public university located in the large city of Arlington. A Best Colleges rank of #304 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UT Arlington is a great university overall.
There were roughly 97 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Arlington in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the ie program make about $76,390 in the first couple years of working.
Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized public university located in the distant town of Kingsville. This university ranks 98th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 19 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M Kingsville in the most recent data year.
Texas State is a fairly large public university located in the city of San Marcos. This university ranks 16th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 34 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent data year. After graduation, ie degree recipients usually make about $61,718 in their early careers.
UTEP is a fairly large public university located in the city of El Paso. This university ranks 49th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 76 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at UTEP in the most recent data year. After graduating, ie degree recipients typically earn an average of $45,467 in the first five years of their career.
Located in the midsize city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 78th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 20 industrial engineering students who graduated with this degree at Lamar University in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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. We derive our Best Overall Industrial Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
