Industrial & Management Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

If you plan to study industrial & management engineering, take a look at what Purdue University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year.

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

Purdue Industrial & Management Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Management
• Master’s Degree in Industrial Management

Online Classes Are Available at Purdue

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Purdue offers distance education options for industrial management at the following degree levels:

Purdue Industrial & Management Engineering Rankings

The industrial management major at Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Industrial & Management 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.

There were 29 students who received their doctoral degrees in industrial management, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Industrial Management Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the industrial management majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of industrial management bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in industrial management at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in industrial management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	36
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Purdue Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of industrial management master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in industrial management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Industrial Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in industrial management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Industrial Production Managers	5,740	$98,840
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,120	$123,180
Industrial Engineering Technicians	2,860	$49,900

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.