Vocational Programs for Industrial Engineers Career

The role of Industrial Engineers is to design, develop, test, and evaluate integrated systems for managing industrial production processes, including human work factors, quality control, inventory control, logistics and material flow, cost analysis, and production coordination.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $103,150 and $50 per hour. 5 vocational programs could be taken for the Industrial Engineers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 332,870 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Industrial Engineers Career

The following 5 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Industrial Engineers.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2025 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Industrial Engineers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Systems Engineering	8	$34,898	-	-	-
Industrial Engineering	10	$30,241	-	-	-
Manufacturing Engineering	11	$26,358	-	-	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	8	$29,880	-	-	-
Packaging Science	1	$30,593	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Industrial Engineers Career

The following 33 occupations are related to Industrial Engineers.

Related Occupations toIndustrial Engineers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
	-	-	-
Industrial Production Managers	223K	$125,900	$61
Architectural and Engineering Managers	208K	$172,290	$83
Logisticians	228K	$84,640	$41
Project Management Specialists	948K	$104,920	$50
Management Analysts	838K	$115,530	$56
Computer Systems Analysts	499K	$110,800	$53
Computer and Information Research Scientists	35,210	$157,160	$76
Software Developers	1,657K	$138,110	$66
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	203K	$108,460	$52
Computer Occupations, All Other	437K	$112,430	$54
Data Scientists	193K	$119,040	$57
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	19,320	$106,700	$51
Chemical Engineers	21,140	$122,910	$59
Computer Hardware Engineers	82,660	$147,770	$71
Electrical Engineers	185K	$117,680	$57
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	96,410	$124,190	$60
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	22,510	$108,740	$52
Industrial Engineers	333K	$103,150	$50
Materials Engineers	24,630	$110,430	$53
Mechanical Engineers	281K	$105,220	$51
Engineers, All Other	151K	$118,350	$57
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians	10,640	$81,280	$39
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	63,560	$63,770	$31
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	97,420	$74,440	$36
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians	15,360	$72,430	$35
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	73,020	$66,640	$32
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	38,930	$67,990	$33
Calibration Technologists and Technicians	13,220	$67,360	$32
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	72,230	$62,640	$30
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	27,270	$64,250	$31
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	394K	$57,610	$28
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	58,320	$69,810	$34

Schools offering vocational programs for Industrial Engineers

The following 37 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Industrial Engineers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.