Industrial Engineering at Texas Tech University

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

Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and approximately 40,322 students attend the school each year.

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.

Texas Tech Industrial Engineering Degrees Available

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

Texas Tech Industrial Engineering Rankings

The ie major at Texas Tech 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.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in ie, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IE Student Demographics at Texas Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ie majors at Texas Tech University.

Texas Tech Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of ie bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ie bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas Tech University with a bachelor's in ie.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	23
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Texas Tech Industrial Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 88% of ie master's degrees went to men and 12% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas Tech University with a master's in ie.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Industrial Engineering

If you plan to be a ie major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Texas Tech University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Industrial Engineering	90

Related Majors

• Engineering Science
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Energy Systems Engineering
• General Engineering
• Biomedical 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 TX, the home state for Texas Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Industrial Engineers	17,910	$109,880
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Industrial Production Managers	11,510	$122,810
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200

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 Johan Hendrikse under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.