Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineering
Industrial engineers study product requirements carefully and then design manufacturing and information systems to meet those requirements with the help of mathematical methods and models. They also design or improve systems for the physical distribution of goods and services and determine the most efficient plant locations.

An Industrial engineer has a starting salary of $62,141.

An Industrial engineer has an average salary of $77,090.

There are 21% of females and 79% of male.

Industrial engineers are expected to grow 14% over the next decade. They are expected to grow because develop more efficient processes and reduce costs, delays, and waste. Many industrial engineers are now becoming managers and so jobs are opening up for these engineers.


The top 3 schools for Industrial Engineering- Georgia Institute of Technology,University of Michigan Ann Arbor, University of California--Berkley

Some Professional Societies are Institute of Industrial Engineers, National Association of Industrial Technology, and American Society for Quality.
Sources:
http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Industrial_Engineer/Salary
http://dept.lamar.edu/industrial/Organizations/Organizations.htm