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2023 Best Industrial Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

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$82,635 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Industrial Engineering Master's Degree 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.

The Best Industrial Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Illinois to see which master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois

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

Top Illinois Schools for a Master's in Industrial Engineering

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in Illinois for industrial engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit 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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC 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 Northern Illinois University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. UIC is a very large public school located in the large city of Chicago.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. SIUE is a fairly large public school located in the 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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