Industrial Engineering at Western Michigan University

If you are interested in studying industrial engineering, you may want to check out the program at Western Michigan University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and approximately 19,887 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.

WMU Industrial Engineering Degrees Available

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

WMU Industrial Engineering Rankings

The ie major at WMU 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 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.

IE Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of ie bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% went to women. The typical ie bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at WMU since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ie at WMU 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 Western Michigan University with a bachelor's in ie.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WMU Industrial Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of ie master's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Michigan University 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	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Industrial Engineering

The following ie concentations are available at Western Michigan University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Michigan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Industrial Engineering	61

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Paper Science & Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Electrical 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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Industrial Engineers	31,520	$89,330
Industrial Production Managers	13,110	$118,760
Architectural and Engineering Managers	10,460	$132,810
Engineering Professors	1,640	$106,740

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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.