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Why Study Industrial Engineering

If you like figuring out how to make the best use of time, human effort, and resources, industrial engineering offers a versatile and impactful career path. By combining engineering principles with insights from the social sciences, you will learn to design, analyze, and improve complex systems. At Hofstra, you will gain experience in areas such as operations research, process optimization, and data-driven decision-making, preparing for careers in industries including health care, manufacturing, consulting, logistics, and technology.

Design Smarter Systems

Learn how to optimize people, processes, and technology to make systems work better in health care, manufacturing, transportation, and beyond.

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Degrees & Programs

In the Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering program, you’ll build a foundation in universal engineering theories, mathematics, and the physical sciences and take courses in accounting, management, computer science, and the social sciences.

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES & PROGRAMS

BS in Industrial Engineering

Career Path & Outcomes

With Hofstra’s comprehensive history program, you’ll be ready to pursue either a career right after graduation or advanced study. DeMatteis School engineering graduates enjoy considerable success upon graduation, whether they obtain positions at prestigious companies or pursue advanced study at top graduate schools.

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Recent graduates work at companies such as:

  • Abbott Laboratories
  • Boeing
  • HBO
  • Lizardos Engineering Associates, PC
  • Metro-North Railroad
  • National Grid
  • Northrop Grumman
  • Pfizer
  • PSEG Long Island
  • Skanska USA

Graduates pursuing advanced degrees study at:

  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Columbia University
  • Cornell University
  • Georgetown University
  • New York University
  • Princeton University
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Villanova University

91%

Graduates who were employed, in graduate school, or both

11%

Expected job growth for this major by 2026

$62K

Average annual salary within one year after graduating

Hands-On Learning That Accelerates Your Career

Earn While You Learn

The DeMatteis Co-op Program offers a full-time, six- to eight-month paid position with one of more than 200 companies, providing valuable professional experience before you graduate.

The Advanced Summer Program in Research (ASPiRe) lets you work on a research project, with a stipend, under the guidance of a faculty mentor. More than two dozen undergraduates have had their work published in scholarly journals in the last few years.

Experiential Learning Opportunities

State-of-the-Art Learning Spaces

Take advantage of an extraordinary array of sophisticated laboratory facilities, including the Mechatronics Lab; Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing Lab; and Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems, and Mobile Computing Lab, as well as a dozen other engineering and computer science laboratories.

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Students Have Recently Interned At:

  • Boeing Co.
  • Canon USA, Inc.
  • D’Addario
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • Lizardos Engineering Associates, PC
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Long Island Rail Road
  • National Grid
  • New York States Department of Transportation
  • Structure Tone

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Learn the strategies behind the effective management of people and operations, including even the best natural-born leaders.

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A TOP ENGINEERING PROGRAM

The Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Science ranks No. 33 among 220 non-PhD-granting engineering programs according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best Colleges list.

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