Industrial Engineering at University of Connecticut

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

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 43 IE majors received their bachelor's degree from UCONN.

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.

UCONN Industrial Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IE

UCONN Industrial Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IE major at UCONN 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
Best Industrial Engineering Schools	62
Most Focused Industrial Engineering Schools	97

How Much Do IE Graduates from UCONN Make?

The median salary of IE students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCONN is $72,315. This is 8% higher than $66,838, which is the national average for all IE bachelor's degree recipients.

IE Student Demographics at UCONN

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

UCONN Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 43 IE students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UCONN, about 74% were men and 26% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IE at UCONN are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 University of Connecticut with a bachelor's in IE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UCONN also has a doctoral program available in IE. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Systems Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• General 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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Industrial Engineers	5,840	$89,830
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,570	$143,920
Industrial Production Managers	2,910	$129,810
Engineering Professors	420	$100,280

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.