Industrial Engineering at North Carolina State University

If you are interested in studying industrial engineering, you may want to check out the program at North Carolina State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and approximately 36,042 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 103 students received a bachelor's degree in IE from NC State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Industrial Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

NC State Industrial Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IE
• Master’s Degree in IE
• Doctorate Degree in IE

NC State Industrial Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IE progam at NC State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IE major at NC State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Industrial Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools	10
Best Industrial Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	11

In 2021, 74 students received their master’s degree in IE from NC State. This makes it the #9 most popular school for IE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in IE, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of NC State IE Graduates

The median salary of IE students who receive their bachelor's degree at NC State is $66,081. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $66,838 for all IE students.

IE Student Demographics at NC State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IE majors at North Carolina State University.

NC State Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 103 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in IE from NC State in 2021, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical IE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at NC State since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IE at NC State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from North Carolina State University with a bachelor's in IE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	75
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

NC State Industrial Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 74 IE students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from NC State, about 77% were men and 23% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from North Carolina State University with a master's in IE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	57
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NC State also has a doctoral program available in IE. In 2021, 17 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Operations Research
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering

Careers That IE Grads May Go Into

A degree in IE can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for North Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Industrial Engineers	9,160	$87,110
Industrial Production Managers	5,690	$112,400
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,060	$140,980
Engineering Professors	1,400	$89,850

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Haruhide000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.