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Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools in North Carolina

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2023 Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools in North Carolina

2 Colleges
$69,748 Avg Salary
$26,745 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Industrial Engineering School for You

With 108 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, industrial engineering is the #60 most popular major in North Carolina.

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 Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in North Carolina to see which 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the most popular school in North Carolina for industrial engineering students. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

Full Industrial Engineering at North Carolina State University Report

Out of the 2 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. NC A&T is a large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at North Carolina A & T State University

Best Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 50
Florida 151
Georgia 92
Tennessee 40
Kentucky 13
Louisiana 28
Alabama 55
South Carolina 65
Mississippi 22
Arkansas 7
West Virginia 15

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 2 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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