Prospective Students

International Students 21% 51 Unique countries represented Fall 2023 enrollment data
Women in STEM 31% Women enrollment in industrial engineering (Purdue WiE)
Highly Ranked #2 Undergraduate Industrial Engineering Program (U.S. News & World Report

Exploring Careers in Industrial Engineering

Industrial engineers design, analyze, and manage complex human-integrated systems such as manufacturing systems, supply chain networks, and service systems. These systems typically consist of a combination of people, information, material, and equipment. In such systems industrial engineers determine how to optimize the system for maximum efficiency, effectiveness, safety, or some objective of interest to the stakeholders of the system.

An industrial engineer draws upon knowledge of mathematics, along with physical, engineering, management, and behavioral sciences to function as a problem-solver, innovator, designer, coordinator, and system integrator. Industrial engineers apply their skills in an extremely wide range of organizations, including manufacturing industries, service industries, and governmental agencies.

After graduation many IE alumni become CEO's, CIO's, Managers, Presidents/Chairmen and VPs of Global Operations, across a wide span of industries and sectors.

Avg. Starting Salary*

Industrial Engineering $68,000

Top Employers**

Accenture Eli Lilly
Amazon Apple
NTT Data Services Boeing
GE Healthcare Ernst and Young
PwC Bastian Solutions
Deloitte Epic Systems
PepsiCo General Dynamics
Grainger JPMorgan Chase
Microsoft Miebach Consulting
Tesla Howmet Aerospace
ConAgra Kohl's
Delta Airlines UPS

Top Internships/Co-Op Companies***

Hewlett Packard Anheuser-Busch
Delta Airlines Proctor and Gamble
Caterpillar PepsiCo
Tesla Eli Lilly
Cummins UPS

*These are the 2022 average starting salaries for Purdue Engineering graduates according to the Purdue Center for Career Opportunities.
**These are the top employers of the IE Class of 2022 according to the Purdue Center for Career Opportunities.
***These are the top Employers of the IE Class of 2022 according to the Purdue Center for Career Opportunities.

In Their Own Words

The BSIE Degree prepares you for a wide range of jobs in a tremendous variety of fields. This gives graduates flexibility to pursue careers in almost any profession you can imagine!

Emma Conklin-Yokel

Nick Mori

Kate Khami

Undergraduate Research

Students in Industrial Engineering benefit from the interdisciplinary nature of Industrial Engineering. There are numerous opportunities to pursue undergraduate research in a wide breadth of areas! Check out the videos below to hear from Conor (triboelectric nanogenerators, sustainable and non-invasive health monitoring), Rachael (sustainability in bike-sharing programs) and Frank (data analysis in motorsports).

Conor McCarthy

Rachael Snow

Frank Matus

Additional information about the undergraduate degree programs and opportunities in Industrial Engineering




Purdue engineers have an interest in changing the world, making an impact in their communities, and doing meaningful work. Strong leadership characteristics, ingenuity, adaptability, critical thinking, problem solving skills, and technical proficiency are among the main competencies that our students gain. Purdue engineering is dedicated to helping students attain the skills and attributes needed to succeed in this rapidly-changing global economy.




IE Undergraduate Office

Location

Grissom Hall
315 N. Grant St
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Email: ieugo@purdue.edu

Hours

Monday through Friday
8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM

For additional information, please contact the Office of Future Engineers.