Industrial / Manufacturing / Systems Engineering
Ranked in 2013, part of Best Engineering Schools
Industrial engineers and manufacturing engineers focus on improving productivity and efficiency. Graduates work in many sectors, from autos to theme parks. These are the top engineering schools for industrial / manufacturing engineering.
| Rankings | Overall Engineering School Program Data | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | School name | Score | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment | Additional data |
| #1 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA |
4.8 | $10,584 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,860 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 4,651 |
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| #2 |
University of Michigan‒Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI |
4.6 | $22,518 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,914 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,184 | |
| #3 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
4.3 | $41,770 per year (full-time) | 3,163 | |
| #3 |
Northwestern University (McCormick)
Evanston, IL |
4.3 | $43,380 per year (full-time) | 1,669 | |
| #3 |
Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
4.3 | $43,950 per year (full-time) | 3,548 | |
| #3 |
University of California‒Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
4.3 | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,837 | |
| #7 |
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
4.1 | $29,500 per year (full-time) | 1,768 | |
| #7 |
University of Wisconsin‒Madison
Madison, WI |
4.1 | $11,839 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,166 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,903 | |
| #7 |
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA |
4.1 | $10,677 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,926 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,278 | |
| #10 |
Purdue University‒West Lafayette
West Lafayette, IN |
4.0 | $10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,070 | |
| #11 |
Pennsylvania State University‒University Park
University Park, PA |
3.9 | $18,672 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,512 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,863 | |
| #12 |
Texas A&M University‒College Station (Look)
College Station, TX |
3.8 | $277 per credit (in-state, full-time); $577 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,918 | |
| #13 |
Columbia University (Fu Foundation)
New York, NY |
3.7 | $47,340 per year (full-time) | 2,525 | |
| #13 |
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC |
3.7 | $6,883 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,931 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,918 | |
| #13 |
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL |
3.7 | $12,589 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,983 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,967 | |
| #16 |
University of Illinois‒Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL |
3.6 | $16,352 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,618 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,975 | |
| #17 |
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH |
3.5 | $11,704 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,016 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,738 | |
| #18 |
Lehigh University (Rossin)
Bethlehem, PA |
3.4 | $1,260 per credit (full-time) | 787 | |
| #18 |
University of Southern California (Viterbi)
Los Angeles, CA |
3.4 | $28,242 per year (full-time) | 4,398 | |
| #18 |
University of Texas‒Austin (Cockrell)
Austin, TX |
3.4 | $9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,425 | |
| #21 |
Arizona State University (Fulton)
Tempe, AZ |
3.2 | $10,001 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,549 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,692 | |
| #21 |
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA |
3.2 | N/A | N/A | |
| #21 |
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey‒New Brunswick
Piscataway, NJ |
3.2 | $15,024 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,600 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,004 | |
| #21 |
University of Pittsburgh (Swanson)
Pittsburgh, PA |
3.2 | $22,196 per year (in-state, full-time); $36,348 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,032 | |
| #25 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY |
3.1 | $43,350 per year (full-time) | 831 | |















