<p>Can anyone elaborate on the specific programs of Illinois U-C, Michigan and Southern California's Industrial Engineering programs? Like, do most graduates work in manufacturing fields or more business related fields? I am looking for the latter, hopefully consulting or finance, hoping to get an MBA in the future. To me, it seems like Illinois' program is fairly new and not that great yet, albeit the #10 USNWR ranking. Is this true?</p>
<p>Also, Does the prestige of the engineering school and overall ranking matter as much for Industrial Engineering?</p>
<p>I can’t speak to those schools as I’m not familiar with them. An IE degree coupled with an MBA is a good marketable education. You’ll position yourself for a number of things, most applicable would be running a Manufacturing/Operations group. Any compnay that builds a hardware product has such a person. In silicon valley VP’s of Mfg make $150-$250k depending on the size of the company. Of course you won’t start out there, but it’s a job you could end up with. Other career paths could be in project management, marketing or consulting.</p>
<p>I don’t think the ranking of the school is that important for any type of engineering unless it’s in research.</p>
<p>cant comment on schools but…check out their course calenders to make sure they have the right courses…ex financial engineering, various courses in operations research (sounds like thats what ur interested in)</p>