Bradley University Industrial Engineering (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Industrial Engineering
- Private nonprofit university
- Peoria, IL
- About 13 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Bradley University industrial engineering graduates earn less than graduates of most industrial engineering programs nationally, $68,166 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $25,788 in federal loans, close to the national median of $24,750. Several Illinois programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Illinois and national columns are the medians across all industrial engineering bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Bradley University graduates earn less than the national figure and about the same as the Illinois median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Illinois industrial engineering program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Illinois medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 28% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $273 a month, or 4.8% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
Prices in the Peoria area are about 9% below the national average, so a $68,166 salary here buys what about $74,718 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to industrial engineering, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Industrial Engineers
$100,540Median pay in Illinois. 18,640 people work in this job in Illinois. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 12% from 2025 to 2035, with about 23,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Industrial Production Managers
$127,270Median pay in Illinois. 11,570 people work in this job in Illinois. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 17,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Architectural and Engineering Managers
$163,610Median pay in Illinois. 8,900 people work in this job in Illinois. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 14,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
About Bradley University
Industrial Engineering ranks 6th of 26 bachelor's programs at Bradley University by first-year earnings. The top three are Electrical Engineering ($76,475), Nursing ($73,143), and Civil Engineering ($72,573).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $68,166 one year after graduating and $86,997 five years after. The median across industrial engineering bachelor's programs in Illinois is $72,602.
The median federal loan balance is $25,788, which ranks 5th lowest of 5 industrial engineering bachelor's programs in Illinois. That works out to about $273 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 38% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 33%. Compare the cost with other Illinois programs before deciding.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Illinois comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the industrial engineering program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024