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Industrial Engineering at Northern Illinois University

Industrial Engineering at Northern Illinois University

If you plan to study industrial engineering, take a look at what Northern Illinois University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and has a total student population of 16,769.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Industrial Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Industrial Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in IE
  • Master’s Degree in IE

NIU Industrial Engineering Rankings

IE Student Demographics at NIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ie majors at Northern Illinois University.

NIU Industrial Engineering Master’s Program

18% Women
12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 82% of ie master's degrees went to men and 18% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Illinois University with a master's in ie.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 4
International Students 25
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Industrial Engineering

If you plan to be a ie major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northern Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Industrial Engineering 42

Careers That IE Grads May Go Into

A degree in ie can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Northern Illinois University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Industrial Production Managers 10,620 $104,540
Architectural and Engineering Managers 9,760 $136,270
Industrial Engineers 9,760 $88,850
Engineering Professors 1,330 $114,010

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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