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2023 Best Industrial Engineering Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Industrial Engineering Master's Degree 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Industrial Engineering Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 79 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for IE majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 15% Best Industrial Engineering Master's Degree Schools

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the United States for industrial engineering students working on their master’s degree. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a great place for industrial engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

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The University of Texas at Austin landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree industrial engineering programs. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

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#7

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

Lehigh University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.

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#8

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree industrial engineering programs. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

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#9

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Clemson University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Clemson is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.

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Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for industrial engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#11

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree industrial engineering programs. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Industrial Engineering Master's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
12 Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX
13 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC
14 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
15 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA

Industrial Engineering by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
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 25 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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