Bachelor's degree · Engineering · CIP 14.35
Industrial Engineering: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 129 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Industrial Engineering, together awarding 4,848 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $78,646 one year after finishing and $102,795 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $21,511 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Colleges
129
Degrees awarded per yeariBachelor's degrees the school awarded in this major in the most recent reported year.
4,848
Median earnings, 1 yriMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 1 year after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$78,646
81 reporting
Median earnings, 5 yrsiMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 5 years after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$102,795
77 reporting
Median debtiMedian federal student-loan balance of the program's graduates. Excludes Parent PLUS and private loans. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$21,511
68 reporting
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Colleges with a bachelor's in Industrial Engineering
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta · Public | GA | 343 | n/a | $131,228 | $21,485 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · Public | TX | 274 | $80,713 | $105,163 | $18,500 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette · Public | IN | 257 | $84,842 | $112,451 | $19,500 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg · Public | VA | 207 | $81,066 | $114,212 | $20,500 |
| Clemson University Clemson · Public | SC | 161 | $78,339 | $102,795 | $23,000 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 141 | $87,932 | $132,040 | $20,627 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park · Public | PA | 139 | $81,854 | $111,461 | $25,625 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 114 | $82,850 | $111,600 | $19,272 |
| University of Central Florida Orlando · Public | FL | 110 | $77,227 | $100,007 | $19,771 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison · Public | WI | 105 | $83,954 | $124,488 | $19,750 |
| Auburn University Auburn · Public | AL | 97 | $75,473 | $111,504 | $19,500 |
| University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez · Public | PR | 93 | $48,307 | $80,738 | $8,375 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh · Public | NC | 92 | $83,292 | $105,216 | $18,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh · Public | PA | 84 | $79,739 | $108,750 | $24,343 |
| Northeastern University Boston · Private nonprofit | MA | 80 | $82,701 | $120,854 | $23,750 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign · Public | IL | 77 | $83,615 | $108,533 | $20,000 |
| Iowa State University Ames · Public | IA | 76 | $78,621 | $97,132 | $23,250 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo · Public | CA | 69 | $89,961 | $122,185 | $18,999 |
| University of South Florida Tampa · Public | FL | 68 | $73,833 | $99,286 | $22,750 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe · Public | AZ | 65 | $76,898 | $113,768 | $22,611 |
| Northwestern University Evanston · Private nonprofit | IL | 65 | $95,993 | $151,709 | $13,992 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona · Public | CA | 64 | $82,978 | $105,638 | $13,000 |
| Mississippi State University Mississippi State · Public | MS | 64 | $70,572 | $92,441 | $21,750 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis · Public | MN | 58 | $78,646 | $96,263 | $20,500 |
| Lehigh University Bethlehem · Private nonprofit | PA | 56 | $84,946 | $116,549 | $19,000 |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles · Private nonprofit | CA | 53 | $86,653 | $147,667 | $22,875 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville · Public | TN | 52 | $80,441 | $108,574 | $12,000 |
| Binghamton University Vestal · Public | NY | 50 | $75,151 | $107,438 | $18,257 |
| University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville · Public | AL | 49 | $88,803 | $95,857 | $20,500 |
| Kansas State University Manhattan · Public | KS | 48 | $76,806 | $97,941 | $11,000 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington · Public | TX | 48 | $70,875 | $91,338 | $16,975 |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville · Public | AR | 47 | $80,857 | $103,678 | $21,537 |
| Texas Tech University Lubbock · Public | TX | 46 | $81,283 | $99,608 | $25,000 |
| University of Connecticut Storrs · Public | CT | 45 | $77,753 | $110,589 | $23,750 |
| University of Iowa Iowa City · Public | IA | 45 | $76,637 | $106,192 | $25,945 |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge · Public | LA | 44 | $74,039 | $99,027 | $23,250 |
| Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico Hato Rey · Private nonprofit | PR | 44 | $48,200 | n/a | $23,725 |
| The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso · Public | TX | 42 | $55,166 | $83,990 | $11,500 |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman · Public | OK | 42 | $72,727 | $97,307 | $20,000 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick · Public | NJ | 40 | $86,353 | $118,407 | $17,500 |
| West Virginia University Morgantown · Public | WV | 40 | $79,027 | $105,411 | $23,335 |
| Oregon State University Corvallis · Public | OR | 39 | $76,674 | $102,953 | $19,392 |
| San Jose State University San Jose · Public | CA | 38 | n/a | $119,007 | n/a |
| North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro · Public | NC | 37 | $76,970 | $94,634 | $27,000 |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo · Public | NY | 34 | $72,435 | $92,205 | $18,375 |
| University of Miami Coral Gables · Private nonprofit | FL | 31 | $81,506 | $115,082 | $23,250 |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater · Public | OK | 30 | $78,008 | $98,275 | $16,750 |
| University of Houston Houston · Public | TX | 30 | $85,212 | $96,346 | $16,462 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia · Public | MO | 30 | $74,704 | $104,917 | $21,454 |
| Florida State University Tallahassee · Public | FL | 27 | $82,823 | $102,563 | n/a |
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Quick facts: Industrial Engineering
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering?
- The College Scorecard lists 129 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Industrial Engineering.
- How much do Industrial Engineering graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $78,646 one year after graduation (81 institutions reporting) and $102,795 five years after graduation (77 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Industrial Engineering graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Northwestern University ($151,709), University of Southern California ($147,667), SUNY Maritime College ($133,231), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor ($132,040), and Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus ($131,228).
- How much student debt do Industrial Engineering graduates have?
- The median institution's Industrial Engineering graduates leave with $21,511 in federal student loans (68 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Industrial Engineering degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus (343), Texas A&M University-College Station (274), Purdue University-Main Campus (257), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (207), and Clemson University (161).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Industrial Engineering (CIP code 14.35), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.