Industrial vs Civil Engineering (Urgent, registration tomorrow)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>Greetings, I got into UIUC for Civil Engineering. I am going to be a freshman next year. I was wondering whether it would be a stupid decision to change my major to Industrial Engineering instead of Civil. I know Civil is ranked way higher but I feel as though Industrial would appeal to me more, although Civil seems interesting as well. </p>

<p>Basically what I'm asking is, would it be stupid if I do Industrial engineering over Civil? Since civil is ranked 2nd in the nation while industrial isn't top 10 and is a new department in the College of Engineering?</p>

<p>Thanks :)</p>

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<p>Freshmen classes are essentially the same and you cannot change majors for a year, so you have time to think about.</p>

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<p>I don’t think the ranking discrepancy should be a big deal because its still a good engineering program overall. I am an incoming freshman industrial engineer so I may be biased, but the ranking shouldn’t be the reason to not switch.</p>