Difference between "Industrial Engineering and industrial Engineering Technology

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<p>My first choice school has Industrial Engineering and my second choice has Industrial Engineering Technology. What's the difference between the two and is it a big enough difference that one major lead to higher paying jobs?</p>

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<p>[Industrial</a> Engineering Technicians](<a href=“http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes173026.htm]Industrial”>http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes173026.htm)
Vs.
[Industrial</a> Engineers](<a href=“http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172112.htm]Industrial”>http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172112.htm)</p>

<p>Pay wise, you can see that IET’s middle 50% sits at ~$51K/year where as IE’s mid 50% is at ~$79K/year.</p>

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<p>The difference is described here:</p>

<p>[ABET</a> - Engineering vs. Engineering Technology](<a href=“http://www.abet.org/engineering-vs-engineering-technology/]ABET”>http://www.abet.org/engineering-vs-engineering-technology/)</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot, I get the picture now.</p>

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You made a pretty common mistake. Engineer technologist are commonly misunderstood as technicians. Most technicians only have an associates degree while technologist can have a Bachelors or Masters. So typically, the pay for a technologist is better than the pay for a technician. Starting salaries for a technologist can range from $30,000-$80,000. All just depends on the cards you’re dealt.

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As with anything on the Internet take everyone else’s comments with a grain of salt.

That being said…

I actually have experience graduating in Industrial Engineering TECHNOLOGY and I can tell you there are many factors that made me get a $100,000+ job starting right out of college over industrial engineering graduates. If you just go to class and graduate with a degree and do LITERALLY nothing else then yes you will not get paid as much as an industrial engineer.

Luckily I realized this before I graduated and I’d like to pass this on: It really isn’t all about your major or degree, it’s about what you DID and what you’ve MADE outside of class. Graduating is not that big of a feat anymore.

Display ruthless animosity to be the best in that field or you’re just wasting your life.

Don’t let others drink your milkshake.

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This is an old thread. Please don’t reboot it.