Students interested in industrial & management engineering, you may also want to explore other closely related fields of study. Below you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of industrial & management engineering, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial Engineering | 3 | 8,533 |
| Business Administration and Management, General | 2 | 336,590 |
| Business/Commerce, General | 2 | 57,976 |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 2 | 900 |
| Operations Management and Supervision | 2 | 12,273 |
| Science/Technology Management | 2 | 323 |
| Systems Engineering | 2 | 3,956 |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General | 1 | 9,539 |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, Other | 1 | — |
| Agricultural Engineering | 1 | 1,090 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Packaging Science | 391 |
| Engineering Design | 267 |
| Engineering-Related Fields, Other | 209 |
As a more focused area within Engineering-Related Fields, industrial & management engineering connects to the wider programs in that field.
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