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2023 Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

19 Colleges
$68,118 Avg Salary
$26,481 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Industrial Engineering School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, industrial engineering was ranked #70 in the country. In fact 3,028 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 19 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.

Check out the IE programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

Our analysis found University of Michigan - Ann Arbor to be the most popular school for industrial engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a very large student population.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Purdue University - Main Campus is a great place for industrial engineering students. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Industrial Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Dearborn, UM Dearborn is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Out of the 19 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the # 4 spot on the list. WMU is a large public school located in the small city of Kalamazoo.

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Out of the 19 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Northern Illinois University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for industrial engineering students. NIU is a large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.

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#7

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Wayne State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular industrial engineering programs. Wayne State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Detroit.

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University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for industrial engineering students. It came in at #8 on the list. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chicago.

Full Industrial Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago Report

Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a very large student population.

Full Industrial Engineering at Ohio State University - Main Campus Report

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Industrial Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best industrial engineering schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 281
Illinois 153
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 19 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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