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2023 Best Industrial Engineering Schools in Illinois

5 Colleges
$69,591 Avg Salary
$22,341 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Industrial Engineering School for You

Industrial Engineering is the #67 most popular major in Illinois with 153 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Industrial Engineering Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Industrial Engineering Schools in Illinois

Check out the IE programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Illinois Schools in Industrial Engineering

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in Illinois for industrial engineering students. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great place for industrial engineering students. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Industrial Engineering Schools in Illinois list. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Chicago is a great place for industrial engineering students. UIC is a very large public school located in the large city of Chicago.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Industrial Engineering Schools in Illinois list. SIUE is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Edwardsville.

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Best Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 281
Ohio 42
Indiana 105
Wisconsin 45

Industrial Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

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 5 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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