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2023 Best Industrial Engineering Schools in the New England Region

8 Colleges
$70,757 Avg Salary
$22,790 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Industrial Engineering School for You

Industrial Engineering is the #70 most popular major in the country with 3,028 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Industrial Engineering Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the New England Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Industrial Engineering Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Industrial Engineering Colleges.

Top New England Region Schools in Industrial Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Northeastern University the best school in the New England Region for industrial engineering students. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Full Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University Report

#2

Fairfield University

Fairfield, CT

Out of the 8 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairfield University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Fairfield U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fairfield.

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#3

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of New Haven. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Industrial Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. University of New Haven is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of West Haven.

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The excellent programs at University of Massachusetts Amherst helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best industrial engineering schools in the New England Region . UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

Full Industrial Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst Report

Out of the 8 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western New England University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Springfield, Western New England is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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University of Rhode Island did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for industrial engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. URI is a large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

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#7

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

With a ranking of #7, University of Vermont did quite well on this year’s best schools for industrial engineering students. UVM is a large public school located in the small city of Burlington.

Full Industrial Engineering at University of Vermont Report

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth ranked #8 on this year’s Best Industrial Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. UMass Dartmouth is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of North Dartmouth.

Full Industrial Engineering at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth Report

Best Industrial Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best industrial engineering schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 131
Connecticut 45
Rhode Island 8
Vermont 1

More Industrial Engineering Rankings in the New England Region

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 8 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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