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2023 Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

22 Colleges
$66,502 Avg Salary
$24,238 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, industrial engineering was ranked #87 in the country. In fact 9,072 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 22 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for industrial engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

IE majors at Northwestern take out an average of $15,755 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Wisconsin - Madison helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best industrial engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

While working on their Bachelor's Degree, IE majors at UW - Madison accumulate an average of around $18,713 in student debt.

Full Industrial Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Madison Report

#4

Kettering University

Flint, MI

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Kettering University is a great place for industrial engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Flint, Kettering is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Industrial Engineering at Kettering University Report

#5

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Purdue University - Main Campus is a great place for industrial engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $367, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranked #6 on this year’s Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

IE majors at UIUC take out an average of $18,275 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Full Industrial Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for industrial engineering students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $254, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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University of Wisconsin - Platteville did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for industrial engineering students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UW - Platteville is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Platteville.

IE majors at UW - Platteville take out an average of $25,110 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Platteville

Milwaukee School of Engineering landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree industrial engineering programs. MSOE is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

Full Industrial Engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering Report

#10

Bradley University

Peoria, IL

Bradley University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for industrial engineering students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Bradley is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Peoria.

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Best Industrial Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best industrial engineering colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 579
Ohio 256
Illinois 408
Indiana 416
Wisconsin 252

One of 40 majors within the area of study, industrial engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 22 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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