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2023 Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools in California

3 Colleges
$68,454 Avg Salary
$23,127 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Industrial Engineering School for You

With 56 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, industrial engineering is the #158 most popular major in California.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Industrial Engineering program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named San Jose State University the most popular school in California for industrial engineering students. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at San Jose State University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for industrial engineering students. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is a great place for industrial engineering students. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo.

Full Industrial Engineering at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo Report

Best Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 52
Oregon 25

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 3 schools only.

  • 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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