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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 Most Popular Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 20 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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.

Check out the IE graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our 2023 rankings named Wichita State University the most popular school in the United States for industrial engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Wichita, WSU is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 24% of the IE majors at the school.

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Out of the 20 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana Tech University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Ruston.

Women make up 32% of the IE majors at the school.

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Auburn University

Auburn, AL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 32% of the students majoring in IE at the school are women while 68% are male.

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Out of the 20 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 44% of the IE majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular industrial engineering schools in the United States. Located in the city of Newark, NJIT is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 6% of the IE majors at the school.

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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. SD Mines is a small public school located in the small city of Rapid City.

About 13% of the students majoring in IE at the school are women while 87% are male.

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Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 8% of the IE majors at the school.

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Iowa State University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ames.

Of the 7 students majoring in IE at Iowa State, 71% are male and 29% are female.

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Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate industrial engineering programs. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate industrial engineering programs. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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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 20 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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