Industrial Engineering at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 17,649. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in IE from URI.

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.

URI Industrial Engineering Degrees Available

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

URI Industrial Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IE major at URI 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	47
Best Value Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	76
	86
Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	89

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in IE from URI. This makes it the #64 most popular school for IE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in IE, making the school the #47 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of URI IE Graduates

The median salary of IE students who receive their bachelor's degree at URI is $60,566. This is less than $66,838, which is the national average of all IE majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

IE Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in IE from URI. About 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical IE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at URI since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IE at URI 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 University of Rhode Island with a bachelor's in IE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

URI Industrial Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a master's degree in IE from URI. About 57% of these graduates were women and the other 43% were men.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Rhode Island with a master's in IE.

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

URI also has a doctoral program available in IE. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Ocean Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil 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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Industrial Engineers	750	$97,610
Architectural and Engineering Managers	480	$151,670
Industrial Production Managers	410	$128,570
Engineering Professors	210	$137,620

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.