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Finding the Best Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 3,028 people earned a degree or certificate in industrial engineering, making the major the #70 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for IE majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the best school in the United States for industrial engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

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#2

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Auburn University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best industrial engineering schools in the United States. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

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#4

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lehigh University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the small city of Ames.

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Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate industrial engineering programs. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, New Jersey Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s best schools for industrial engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Newark, NJIT is a public school with a large student population.

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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate industrial engineering programs. SD Mines is a small public school located in the city of Rapid City.

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University of Central Florida came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a very large student population.

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Louisiana Tech University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for industrial engineering students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Louisiana Tech is a large public school located in the distant town of Ruston.

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New England
Rocky Mountains
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Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 39 majors within the area of study, industrial engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 16 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

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