Undergraduate
Gain skills at the intersection of analytics, business, and engineering
Join the #5 Best Undergraduate Industrial Engineering Program
Industrial and operations engineers seek to describe, predict and optimize the performance of complex societal systems. We use analytics, data science and human systems integration to have a positive societal impact for the common good.
Our graduates are highly multi-disciplinary and find career opportunities in a wide range of pursuits including engineering, business consulting, management, entrepreneurship and more.
INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS
Aerospace industry
Analytics
Automation
Automobile industry
Business consulting
Corporate or nonprofit management
Data science
Finance
Healthcare operations
Industrial methods
Law
Manufacturing
Medical supply manufacturing
Medicine
Public administration/government
Quality control
Safety and ergonomics
Scientific research
Semiconductor/electronics industry
Telecommunications industry
Transportation
COMPANIES
Our graduates are recruited to top companies in all major sectors of the economy.
Accenture
AECOM
Amazon
Apple
Bauer Controls
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Detroit Lions
Ernst & Young
FedEx
Ford
General Motors
Goldman-Sachs
Google
Llamasoft
Manhattan Associates, Inc.
Mayo Clinic
Oshkosh Corporation
Tesla Motors
The MITRE Corporation
United States Postal Service
SALARIES
Learn more about the various salary ranges based on experience level and location. Find salary information at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
#5
Undergraduate Industrial Engineering program in U.S. News & World Report (2024)
$85k
Average entry-level salary of U-M IOE bachelor’s graduates (2021-2022)
98%
Of our students achieved their desired career outcome within 6 months of graduation.
WHERE CAN AN INDUSTRIAL AND OPERATIONS ENGINEERING DEGREE TAKE YOU?
FEATURED STORIES
GET YOUR MASTER’S IN ONE YEAR
The Rackham Sequential Undergraduate/Graduate Studies (SUGS) program allows current U-M students to complete an undergraduate and Master’s degree in five years.
