Industrial Engineering at Virginia Tech

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 Virginia Tech stacks up to those at other schools.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 37,024.

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.

Virginia Tech Industrial Engineering Degrees Available

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

Virginia Tech Industrial Engineering Rankings

The ie major at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ie majors at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of ie bachelor's degrees went to men and 32% went to women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ie at Virginia Tech are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in ie.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	35
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	129
International Students	34
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Virginia Tech Industrial Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of ie master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a master's in ie.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	28
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 Virginia Tech. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Industrial Engineering	243

Related Majors

• Marine Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Polymer & Plastics Engineering
• Other 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Industrial Engineers	4,620	$93,980
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,030	$164,300
Industrial Production Managers	2,600	$120,070

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 Eric T Gunther under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.