Industrial Engineering at West Virginia University

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 West Virginia University stacks up to those at other schools.

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 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.

WVU Industrial Engineering Degrees Available

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

WVU Industrial Engineering Rankings

The ie major at WVU 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.

IE Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of ie bachelor's degrees went to men and 26% went to women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ie at WVU 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 West Virginia University with a bachelor's in ie.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	53
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

WVU Industrial Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of ie master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 West Virginia University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Industrial Engineering	141

Related Majors

• Materials Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Biomedical 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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Industrial Production Managers	890	$108,490
Industrial Engineers	590	$94,480
Architectural and Engineering Managers	500	$139,030

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.