Industrial Engineering (Bachelor's) Programs in Texas, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- 8 programs report first-year pay
- 7 also report federal debt
- Bachelor's in Industrial Engineering
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
The median Texas industrial engineering bachelor's program pays its graduates $67,407 in their first year, $7,302 less than the national median. UT Arlington reports the highest first-year pay ($76,390), and UTEP the lowest median debt ($15,552).
All 8 programs, ranked
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.
East Texas A&M University reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay.
Debt and first-year pay at every Texas industrial engineering program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Texas medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 7 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
Quick picks
Highest first-year pay
- UT Arlington$76,390
- University of Houston$76,147
- Texas A&M$74,529
- Texas Tech$71,545
- East Texas A&M University$63,269
Lowest median debt
- UTEP$15,552
- Texas A&M$19,708
- University of Houston$21,500
- UT Arlington$22,503
- Lamar University$28,351
Lowest debt for the pay
- Texas A&M26%
- University of Houston28%
- UT Arlington29%
- UTEP34%
- Texas Tech41%
"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.
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
$104,560Median pay in Texas. 30,980 people work in this job in Texas. 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
$130,890Median pay in Texas. 21,200 people work in this job in Texas. 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
$171,370Median pay in Texas. 19,030 people work in this job in Texas. 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.
Common questions
UT Arlington in Arlington reports the highest median first-year pay, $76,390. Its median federal debt is $22,503.
UTEP reports the lowest median federal debt, $15,552, with first-year pay of $45,467.
The median across 8 Texas industrial engineering bachelor's programs is $67,407 in the first year after graduating and $98,793 five years after.
8 Texas programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 7 of them also report federal debt.
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About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
- 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 Texas rankings when their main campus is in another state.
- Medians are across the industrial engineering bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
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
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024