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. Of the 7,699 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech in 2021, 205 of them were industrial engineering majors.

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
• Doctorate Degree in IE

Virginia Tech Industrial Engineering Rankings

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

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Industrial Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	13
	36

In 2021, 29 students received their master’s degree in IE from Virginia Tech. This makes it the #34 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 Virginia Tech IE Graduates

The median salary of IE students who receive their bachelor's degree at Virginia Tech is $70,925. This is 6% higher than $66,838, which is the national average for all IE bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 205 IE students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Virginia Tech, about 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical IE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at Virginia Tech since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 61% 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.

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	20
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	126
International Students	27
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Virginia Tech Industrial Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 79% of IE master's degrees went to men and 21% 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	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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.