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.

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Rankings Overall Engineering School Program Data
Rank School name Score Tuition Total graduate engineering enrollment Average GRE quantitative score (master's and Ph.D. students) (new test) Engineering school research expenditures (2011-2012 fiscal year) Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering Peer assessment score (out of 5) Ph.D.s granted Recruiter assessment score (out of 5) Research expenditures per faculty member
#42 Air Force Institute of Technology

Wright Patterson AFB, OH

2.7 N/A N/A
#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
#31 Auburn University (Ginn)

Auburn University, AL

2.9 $7,866 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,598 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 851
#64 Binghamton University–​SUNY (Watson)

Binghamton, NY

2.2 $9,370 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,680 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 664
#59 Boston University

Boston, MA

2.3 $42,400 per year (full-time) 857
#42 Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

2.7 $37,120 per year (full-time) 633
#35 Clemson University

Clemson, SC

2.8 $8,368 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,670 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,317
#59 Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO

2.3 $10,372 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,552 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 660
#13 Columbia University (Fu Foundation)

New York, NY

3.7 $47,340 per year (full-time) 2,525
#7 Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

4.1 $29,500 per year (full-time) 1,768
#59 Florida A&M University -​ Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

2.3 $428 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,059 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 268
#28 George Mason University (Volgenau)

Fairfax, VA

3.0 $11,480 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,010 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,597
#42 George Washington University

Washington, DC

2.7 $1,340 per credit (full-time) 1,542
#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
#31 Iowa State University

Ames, IA

2.9 $8,940 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,814 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,013
#57 Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

2.4 $327 per credit (in-state, full-time); $738 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 496
#18 Lehigh University (Rossin)

Bethlehem, PA

3.4 $1,260 per credit (full-time) 787
#3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

4.3 $41,770 per year (full-time) 3,163
#64 Mississippi State University (Bagley)

Mississippi State, MS

2.2 $6,264 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,828 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 622
#49 Missouri University of Science & Technology

Rolla, MO

2.6 $6,390 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,470 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,050
#21 Naval Postgraduate School

Monterey, CA

3.2 N/A N/A
#64 New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJ

2.2 $16,836 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,370 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,340
#75 New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, NM

2.0 $6,514 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,266 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 456
#75 North Carolina A&T State University

Greensboro, NC

2.0 $3,805 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,238 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 320
#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

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