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Industrial Engineering, bachelor's programs in Massachusetts

Nationally, bachelor's graduates in Industrial Engineering earn a median $98,442 four years after graduating. Among 57 programs with federal earnings data, Northwestern University (IL) graduates had the highest median, $138,720 (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Programs with data
57
Highest median
$138,720
National median
$98,442
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Industrial Engineering, bachelor's programs in Massachusetts: median earnings four years after graduating and median federal debt, in order of earnings.
CollegeMedian earnings, 4 yrs aftervs national medianDebt borrowed at this college (median)Add to the side-by-side comparison
Northwestern University$138,720+41%$18,000Compare
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus$128,003+30%$19,791Compare
Lehigh University$121,498+23%$23,834Compare
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor$117,930+20%$19,750Compare
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University$116,641+18%$22,625Compare
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$112,797+15%$19,691Compare
University of Southern California$112,150+14%$17,704Compare
University of Wisconsin-Madison$110,711+12%$23,481Compare
University of Washington-Seattle CampusFigure covers 3 campuses$109,575+11%$16,743Compare
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville$107,093+9%$21,500Compare
Purdue University-Main Campus$107,031+9%$18,357Compare
Ohio State University-Main CampusFigure covers 6 campuses$106,932+9%$21,000Compare
Rochester Institute of Technology$105,313+7%$30,677Compare
Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusFigure covers 22 campuses$104,758+6%$24,250Compare
University of Louisville$104,538+6%$23,000Compare
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign$103,143+5%$21,299Compare
Arizona State University Campus ImmersionFigure covers 2 campuses$102,439+4%$19,189Compare
Oregon State UniversityFigure covers 2 campuses$101,653+3%$21,899Compare
New Jersey Institute of Technology$101,547+3%$25,000Compare
University of Missouri-Columbia$101,380+3%$26,512Compare
North Carolina State University at Raleigh$100,172about the same$21,096Compare
Auburn University$99,441about the same$23,250Compare
West Virginia UniversityFigure covers 3 campuses$99,180about the same$25,048Compare
University of Miami$99,068about the same$15,110Compare
University of Arkansas$98,765about the same$25,405Compare

The 25 highest of 57 programs. Ordered by median earnings four years after graduating: one federal measure, not a ranking of program quality.

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Earnings: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, earnings measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. Only programs with at least 30 graduates in the earnings cohort are listed, and a multi-state system whose figure pools campuses in several states is left out of state lists. Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, worked, and were not enrolled in school; debt is the median federal loans borrowed at this college by graduates who borrowed (Direct Subsidized, Unsubsidized and Grad PLUS; not Parent PLUS, private loans or interest). Programs with too few graduates are suppressed by the Department of Education. Federal program group: Industrial Engineering. Earnings reflect who enrolls and where graduates work as well as the program itself.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field-of-study data, 10 June 2026. Download every program (CSV).