Industrial Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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

UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and approximately 44,640 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.

UW - Madison Industrial Engineering Degrees Available

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

UW - Madison Industrial Engineering Rankings

The ie major at UW - Madison 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 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in ie, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IE Student Demographics at UW - Madison

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

UW - Madison Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of ie bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical ie bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at UW - Madison since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ie at UW - Madison 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 Wisconsin - Madison with a bachelor's in ie.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	73
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UW - Madison Industrial Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of ie master's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	33
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Wisconsin - Madison. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Industrial Engineering	150

Related Majors

• Engineering Physics
• Systems Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Geoscience Engineering
• Nuclear 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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Industrial Engineers	9,290	$77,260
Industrial Production Managers	6,580	$110,250
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,530	$122,400
Engineering Professors	500	$103,980

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 Czar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.