General Industrial Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Every general 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 general ie program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute stacks up to those at other schools.

WPI is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and approximately 6,920 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Industrial Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

WPI General Industrial Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General IE

WPI General Industrial Engineering Rankings

The general ie major at WPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

General IE Student Demographics at WPI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general ie majors at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

WPI General Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of general ie bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical general ie bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at WPI since its program graduates 29% more women than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general ie at WPI 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 Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's in general ie.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Careers That General IE Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 MA, the home state for Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Industrial Engineers	10,720	$102,210
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Industrial Production Managers	5,590	$126,630
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140

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 Runningonbrains under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.