Industrial & Management Engineering at Western Michigan University

If you are interested in studying industrial and management engineering, you may want to check out the program at Western Michigan University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and has a total student population of 19,887.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Industrial & Management Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

WMU Industrial & Management Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Management

WMU Industrial & Management Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks industrial management programs across the country. The following shows how WMU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The industrial management major at WMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Industrial & Management Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	23
	25
Best Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	25
Best Industrial & Management Engineering Trade Schools	27
Most Popular Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	30
Most Popular Industrial & Management Engineering Trade Schools	31
Most Focused Industrial & Management Engineering Trade Schools	48

Industrial Management Student Demographics at WMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the industrial management majors at Western Michigan University.

WMU Industrial & Management Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 industrial management students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from WMU, about 100% were men and 0% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in industrial management at WMU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its industrial management bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Michigan University with a bachelor's in industrial management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WMU also has a doctoral program available in industrial management. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Industrial Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in industrial management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Industrial Production Managers	13,110	$118,760
Architectural and Engineering Managers	10,460	$132,810
Industrial Engineering Technicians	4,430	$54,320

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.