What Drives the Rankings: Top 20 Undergraduate Industrial Engineering Programs

Tier 1 C4 (83.7% field earnings coverage). † = Tier 2. Absent: Cornell (ORIE/CIP 14.37), MIT (no 14.35 degree), Stanford (MS&E), CMU. Hover/tap for details.

Source: College Transitions, 2026  |  CIP 14.35  |  78 programs  |  NSF PhD: “Industrial engineering and operations research”