Industrial/Manufacturing jobs are high in states of Michigan, California, Texas, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Florida, New York

Job profiles after the degree can be Industrial Engineer, Production Manager, Research Analyst, Quality Assurance, SAP Consultant, etc.

Students with background in Mechanical, Industrial or Manufactring Engineering are eligible to apply to this program.

Below list is the ranking from US News, one of the most authentic US journals, for the Top MS programs in Industrial Engineering in USA.

With the industrial revolution came the boom time for industrial and manufacturing engineers. Neither industry nor the engineering specialists who drive it have seen a downturn since.

• Industrial engineering is applicable to all fields and industries. The widest possible applicability of this science makes it a very popular career option.
  
  
• Industrial engineering technicians are expected to have 12 percent employment growth between 2006 and 2016, much faster than the average for all occupations
  
  
• The most common postgraduate degree earned in manufacturing engineering is the Master of Science in Industrial Engineering/Industrial Engineering & Management/Industrial Engineering & Operations Research.
  
  
• There are the very popular under graduate engineering programs in universities which are typically of a duration ranging from 3-5 years.
  
  
• According to the latest available rankings for US engineering schools, the Georgia Institute of Technology tops the list. Then comes the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, followed by University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University.

S. No.	University Name	State	Rank	Tution Fee	Accept. %	Fall / Spring	Avg GRE / TOEFL
1	Georgia Institute of Technology	GA	1	$27,872	35.2	15 - Jan	164/104
2	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	MI	2	$45,974	34.8	15 - Jan	166/NA
3	Northwestern University (McCormick)	IL	3	$50,424	28.4	15 - Jan	166/80
4	University of California - Berkeley	CA	3	$26,322	22.5	1 - Dec	165/90
5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	5	$48,140	23.6	15 - Dec	166/108
6	Purdue University - West Lafayette	IN	6	$29,134	30.1	15 - Dec/1 - Sep	164/99
7	Virginia Tech	VA	6	$27,644	18.4	15 - Jan	162/102
8	Columbia University (Fu Foundation)	NY	8	$44,592	27.2	15 - Dec	167/104
9	Cornell University	NY	8	$29,500	33.8	1 - Dec	165/NA
10	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	PA	8	$35,650	20.5	15 - Dec	163/80
11	University of Wisconsin - Madison	WI	8	$25,269	16.1	1 - Jan	164/102
12	University of Illinois - Urbana - Champaign	IL	12	$32,628	32.8	rolling	166/102
13	Texas A&M University - College Station	TX	13	$681 per credit	19.9	1 - Mar/1 - Aug	164/80
14	University of Southern California (Viterbi)	CA	13	$29,520	21.1	15 - Jan/15 - Sep	166/90
15	North Carolina State University	NC	15	$22,610	14.6	1 - Mar/15 - Jul	164/105
16	Ohio State University	OH	15	$32,376	14.5	rolling	164/98
17	Lehigh University (Rossin)	PA	17	$1,420 per credit	34.3	15 - Jan	165/99
18	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	17	$49,520	22.7	2 - Jan/15 - Aug	164/96
19	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick	NJ	17	$28,128	21.2	rolling	163/NA
20	University of Florida	FL	17	$30,130	48.4	31 - Dec/31 - Aug	163/101
21	University of Pittsburgh (Swanson)	PA	17	$41,222	40.4	1 - Mar/1 - Jul	162/96
22	University of Texas - Austin (Cockrell)	TX	17	$18,030	15.4	1 - Dec/1 - Oct	165/104
23	University of Washington	WA	17	$30,153	42.1	15 - Jan	163/102
24	Arizona State University (Fulton)	AZ	24	$28,186	47.9	rolling	162/100
25	Iowa State University	IA	24	$23,024	18.2	15 - Jan/1 - Sep	167/97
26	University of Arizona	AZ	24	$30,124	51.4	15 - Jan/1 - Jun	162/95
27	Clemson University	SC	27	$21,532	29	1 - Feb	158/NA
28	George Mason University (Volgenau)	VA	27	$29,306	74.1	rolling	159/98
29	Naval Postgraduate School	CA	27	N/A	N/A	rolling	N/A
30	University at Buffalo - SUNY	NY	27	$22,210	33.3	1 - Feb/1 - Aug	162/99
31	University of Minnesota - Twin Cities	MN	27	$25,120	35.1	15 - Dec/15 - Oct	164/79
32	Northeastern University	MA	32	$1,471 per credit	44.6	15 - Jan/15 - Sep	162/97
33	Oklahoma State University	OK	32	$825 per credit	38.3	1 - Sep/1 - Feb	160/94
34	Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer)	NJ	32	$33,328	60.1	1 - Mar/15 - Oct	161/95
35	University of Arkansas - Fayetteville	AR	32	$1,047 per credit	32.5	1 - Feb/1 - Oct	159/91
36	University of Massachusetts - Amherst	MA	32	$29,644	34.5	1 - Jan	163/99
37	University of Virginia	VA	32	$25,578	32.2	15 - Jan/1 - Sep	164/100
38	Auburn University (Ginn)	AL	38	$27,216	45.5	15 - Jan	163/90
39	Texas Tech University (Whitacre)	TX	38	$723 per credit	33.4	rolling	159/93
40	University of Central Florida	FL	38	$1,194 per credit	45.8	15 - Jan/1 - Jul	160/97
41	University of Pennsylvania	PA	38	$32,286	26.6	15 - Dec	165/105
42	Air Force Institute of Technology	OH	42	N/A	N/A	rolling	N/A
43	Wayne State University	MI	42	$1,430 per credit	48.8	1 - Feb/2 - Jun	156/90
44	Binghamton University - SUNY (Watson)	NY	44	$22,210	57.9	rolling	160/91
45	Case Western Reserve University	OH	44	$42,576	38.6	rolling	164/96
46	George Washington University	DC	44	$1,690 per credit	48.7	12 - Sep	163/91
47	University of California - Irvine (Samueli)	CA	44	$30,243	17.9	rolling	164/98
48	University of South Florida	FL	44	$21,126	52.4	15 - Feb/15 - Sep	158/92
49	University of Texas - Arlington	TX	44	$16,002	51.2	1 - Apr/15 - Sep	158/94
50	Boston University	MA	50	$49,176	30	15 - Jan	164/90
51	Mississippi State University (Bagley)	MS	50	$20,790	53.4	1 - May/1 - Oct	158/79
52	Missouri University of Science & Technology	MO	50	$25,766	53.4	1 - Mar/1 - Sep	156/79
53	Old Dominion University (Batten)	VA	50	$1,195 per credit	81.9	15 - Apr/1 - Oct	157/88
54	University of Houston (Cullen)	TX	50	$950 per credit	34.1	1 - Mar/15 - Oct	161/97
55	University of Illinois - Chicago	IL	50	$27,860	15.8	15 - Apr	160/80
56	University of Iowa	IA	50	$28,183	18.4	15 - Jan/1 - Sep	161/96
57	Kansas State University	KS	57	$910 per credit	37.5	rolling	162/97
58	University of Louisville (Speed)	KY	57	$25,486	47.8	rolling	157/93
59	University of Oklahoma	OK	57	$791 per credi	34	1 - Apr/1 - Sep	161/93
60	Washington University in St. Louis	MO	57	$48,950	44.3	1 - Jan	165/100
61	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	61	$28,092	49.7	1 - May/15 - Nov	159/79
62	Oregon State University	OR	61	$23,769	22.9	15 - Jan	160/97
63	University of Alabama - Huntsville	AL	61	$21,830	71.8	rolling	157/NA
64	University of Tennessee - Knoxville (Tickle)	TN	61	$31,252	33.5	rolling	160/96
65	Wichita State University	KS	61	$706 per credit	NA	1 - Apr/1 - Aug	155/87
66	Florida A&M University  - Florida State University	FL	66	$1,005 per credit	44	1 - Mar	157/92
67	University of Missouri	MO	66	$19,026	23.6	1 - Mar/1 - Sep	161/NA
68	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	66	$25,344	55.7	1 - Jan/1 - Oct	164/98

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