Industrial Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago

If you plan to study industrial engineering, take a look at what University of Illinois at Chicago has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 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.

UIC Industrial Engineering Degrees Available

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

UIC Industrial Engineering Rankings

The ie major at UIC 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 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in ie, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IE Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of ie bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical ie bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at UIC since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in ie.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	6
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UIC Industrial Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 92% of ie master's degrees went to men and 8% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Illinois at Chicago. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Industrial Engineering	67

Related Majors

• Engineering Physics
• Construction Engineering
• General Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Computer 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Industrial Production Managers	10,620	$104,540
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Industrial Engineers	9,760	$88,850
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010

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 Hied5 under License

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