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2023 Most Popular Industrial Engineering Master's Degree Schools in California

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$82,635 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 464 degrees and certificates were awarded to industrial engineering students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #131 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Most Popular Industrial Engineering Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Industrial Engineering program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Industrial Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found San Jose State University to be the most popular school for industrial engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in California. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

Women make up 42% of the IE majors at the school.

Full Industrial Engineering at San Jose State University Report

Out of the 3 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Of the 16 students majoring in IE at USC, 56% are male and 44% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular industrial engineering schools in California. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo.

Women make up 33% of the IE majors at the school.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Best Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 98
Oregon 85

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

Majors Similar to IE

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 3 schools only.

  • 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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