<p>I am an older student (24) returning to school while living with my parents. I want to study Industrial Engineering, but the only school in my area that offers it is an expensive private program, and I can't afford to move away from home and live on campus to a school further north. What degree program might I be able to substitute for Industrial engineering in order to get the type of job that I want? Ex: Supply Chain Analyst, Logistics, Manufacturing Engineer, Process Improvement</p>
<p>Manufacturing E jobs hire and even request a lot of MechE’s. On a lot of entry level supply chain development (logistics) programs you will just see business or engineering…like this: [The</a> ABB Supply Chain Management Trainee Program](<a href=“http://www.abb.us/cawp/usabb051/3b47366a6438d09585257b05005aea58.aspx]The”>ABB Group. Leading digital technologies for industry — ABB Group) </p>
<p>For process improvement, just get your engineering degree, upon getting a job go after your lean/six sigma certs. The last internship I had was with a process improvement department. One manager was a MechE and the other was a CivE. I also have a friend in process improvement at Mckesson that is a EE and has his Six Sigma Blackbelt. So you have options. Just pick the one that interests you the most and then take internships and classes that fit the niche you want to create for yourself.</p>
<p>In addition to what Chucktown said, you can also major in Operations Research…but that major is probably not offered everywhere either.</p>
<p>You are looking for the intersection between two data sets: “programs my local college offers” and “programs that will get the kind of job I want”. We know the desired jobs, if you would tell us the name of the college we might be able to help more.</p>
<p>If you could do a year or year and a half of a masters program somewhere farther to help get you the job you want, an undergrad degree in CS or Math would do a good job of preparing you.</p>
<p>@global: that major is not offered locally</p>
<p>@cosmic: the nearest s chools sre florida international university and Florida Atlantic university</p>
<p>Applied mathematics would be sufficient, if not even a more throughout subject than IE (in my opinion). Engineering is always so applied, whereas math is really just math. Not as specific and practical as some engineering discipline, but really, the topics you speak about are really about mathematical optimization.</p>
<p>FIU offers a 5-year accelerated BS/MS in Engineering Management (IE).</p>
<p>[MS</a> Engineering Management | Engineering and Computing](<a href=“http://www.cec.fiu.edu/academics/master/ms-engineering-management/]MS”>http://www.cec.fiu.edu/academics/master/ms-engineering-management/)</p>
<p>FAU doesn’t have a standard IE type program, you would need to take CS or ME.</p>
<p>FIU has a much larger Engineering program (about twice the size), and it’s a larger school, so it has more options.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>Thanks all!</p>
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Engineering Management is MS only, so you would still need something else for your BS. Plus, I would be wary of this program - given the title and description, this looks less like a supervisory degree and more like something you should wait a few years before pursuing.</p>
<p>It doesn’t look like FIU has a program that covers what you want. You could do a broad engineering (CS, EE, or ME) or business (BA) degree and still move into your area of interest, that is about your only route.</p>
<p>The same is basically true of FAU, although they do have more business programs including one in MIS that might be worth a look:</p>
<p>[Management</a> Information Systems : Florida Atlantic University - College of Business](<a href=“Management Information Systems | FAU Business”>Management Information Systems | FAU Business)</p>
<p>Cosmicfish touched on something that should be noted. Getting a M.S./M.Eng degree will not exclude anyone from requiring to gain grunt engineering work and engineering team lead work before doing any type of engineering management.</p>
<p>I wish those universities would mention that while they are promoting these B.S./M.S or M.S. in Engineering Management-type degrees.</p>
<p>Will probably take out loans to attend the university of florida or ucf</p>
<p>I would hope no one thinks a MS or PHD in Engineering is your ticket to Engineering management. However, FIU’s program is an IE type program (that does require a BS in some other field of engineering). It’s your best option if you want an IE type degree from either of these schools.</p>
<p>Let’s also not forget that a significant number of engineers never go into their fields, but are recruited into the Business world. This is especially true of IE’s (the most business “friendly” of the engineering schools).</p>
<p>Of course, UCF and UF both have more comprehensive engineering programs, but I’m a bit biased.</p>
<p>If cost is an issue, think about going to FIU or FAU (or even your local CC) for your first two years, and then transferring to UF or UCF. </p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>Thanks Gator. The FIU program seems more oriented to working professionals. I’m attending the two year college to get my associate’s degree, then transfer</p>