Industrial Engineering at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

If you are interested in studying industrial engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and approximately 52,017 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 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.

UMN Twin Cities Industrial Engineering Degrees Available

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

UMN Twin Cities 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 UMN Twin Cities

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IE majors at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

UMN Twin Cities Industrial Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 23 students who graduated with a master’s in IE from UMN Twin Cities in 2021, 78% were men and 22% were women.

In the IE master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 26% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Geoscience Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Other 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 MN, the home state for University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Industrial Engineers	9,620	$90,580
Industrial Production Managers	5,230	$114,800
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,080	$143,440
Engineering Professors	530	$108,050

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.