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Overview for Industrial Engineering

A program that prepares individuals to apply scientific and mathematical principles to the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, material, information, and energy. Includes instruction in applied mathematics, physical sciences, the social sciences, engineering analysis, systems design, computer applications, and forecasting and evaluation methodology.

Careers for Industrial Engineering Majors

A major in Industrial Engineering is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided.

Colleges Offering a Major in Industrial Engineering

Top 7 New York Colleges with the highest percentage of Industrial Engineering among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
SUNY Maritime College
Throggs Neck, NY
 10
(4.6%)
Moderately Selective$11,686 
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
 29
(2.5%)
Highly Selective$37,990 
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
 32
(1.8%)
Most Selective$39,326 
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Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
 21
(0.9%)
Moderately Selective$28,035 
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
 27
(0.7%)
Moderately Selective$12,545 
SUNY at Binghamton
Binghamton, NY
 19
(0.7%)
Highly Selective$12,332 
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY
 2
(0.1%)
Moderately Selective$27,600 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.