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2023 Most Popular Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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Finding the Best Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

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

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

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 in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 Plains States Region .

Our analysis found Wichita State University to be the most popular school for industrial engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 24% of the students majoring in IE at the school are women while 76% are male.

Full Industrial Engineering at Wichita State University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a great place for industrial engineering students working on their graduate certificate. SD Mines is a small public school located in the small city of Rapid City.

Of the 15 students majoring in IE at SD Mines, 87% are male and 13% are female.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames.

Women make up 29% of the IE majors at the school.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at Iowa State University

Best Industrial Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best industrial engineering schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 32
Minnesota 28
Iowa 51
Kansas 99
Nebraska 0
North Dakota 2
South Dakota 15

One of 39 majors within the area of study, industrial engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to IE

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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