Industrial Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Every industrial engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the IE program at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 30,559 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 students received their master's degree in IE.

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.

UT Knoxville Industrial Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IE
• Doctorate Degree in IE

UT Knoxville Industrial Engineering Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in IE, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IE Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IE majors at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

UT Knoxville Industrial Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 35 students who earned a master's degree in Industrial Engineering from UT Knoxville in 2020-2021, 71% were men and 29% were women.

Of the students who received a IE master's degree from UT Knoxville, 74% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the IE master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 14% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a master's in IE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	26
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Engineering Science
• Biomedical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Chemical Engineering

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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Industrial Engineers	5,390	$84,070
Industrial Production Managers	4,360	$101,670
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,300	$129,320
Engineering Professors	610	$107,480

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.