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Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools in Virginia

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2023 Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools in Virginia

2 Colleges
$65,502 Avg Salary
$24,000 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Industrial Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 50 degrees and certificates were awarded to industrial engineering students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #90 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Virginia 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.

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

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Virginia Tech the most popular school in Virginia for industrial engineering students. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

Full Industrial Engineering at Virginia Tech Report

#2

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools in Virginia list. GMU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Fairfax.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at George Mason 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
Florida 151
Georgia 92
North Carolina 108
Tennessee 40
Kentucky 13
Louisiana 28
Alabama 55
South Carolina 65
Mississippi 22
Arkansas 7
West Virginia 15

Industrial Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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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