Industrial Engineering at University of Southern California

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

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287. In 2021, 87 IE majors received their bachelor's degree from USC.

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.

USC Industrial Engineering Degrees Available

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

USC Industrial Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IE programs across the country. The following shows how USC performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IE major at USC 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
	8
Most Popular Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18

In 2021, 16 students received their master’s degree in IE from USC. This makes it the #45 most popular school for IE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in IE, making the school the #35 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of USC IE Graduates

The median salary of IE students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC is $70,709. This is 6% higher than $66,838, which is the national average for all IE bachelor's degree recipients.

IE Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 87 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in IE from USC. About 59% were men and 41% were women. The typical IE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IE at USC 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 Southern California with a bachelor's in IE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	44
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

USC Industrial Engineering Master’s Program

The IE program at USC awarded 16 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 56% of these degrees went to men with the other 44% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USC also has a doctoral program available in IE. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Operations Research
• Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Petroleum Engineering
• Systems 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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Industrial Engineers	26,220	$107,810
Industrial Production Managers	19,910	$123,110
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.