Industrial Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago

Every industrial engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the IE program at University of Illinois at Chicago stacks up to those at other schools.

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students received a bachelor's degree in IE from UIC.

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
• Doctorate Degree in IE

UIC Industrial Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IE progam at UIC 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	93

In 2021, 33 students received their master’s degree in IE from UIC. This makes it the #28 most popular school for IE master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

Earnings of UIC IE Graduates

The median salary of IE students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIC is $69,412. This is 4% higher than $66,838, which is the national average for all IE bachelor's degree recipients.

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

The IE program at UIC awarded 27 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 52% of these degrees went to men with the other 48% going 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 16% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	9
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UIC 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 University of Illinois at Chicago with a master's in IE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UIC also has a doctoral program available in IE. In 2021, 7 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.