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Industrial Engineering Technology Degree (BS)

About The Degree:

Industrial Engineering Technology prepares you for a productive career in manufacturing, as well as business and service enterprises. Graduates with this degree figure out how to make or do things better. They increase efficiency, improve the quality of products and services, and ensure worker health and safety.

As companies adopt management philosophies that stress continuous productivity and quality improvement to survive in the increasingly competitive world market, the need for Industrial Engineering Technologists is growing. This major will help you develop the skills needed to engineer processes and systems that will eliminate wastes of time, money, materials and energy, thereby saving money.

Join the Field of Applied Engineering

As a graduate of Missouri Southern's Industrial Engineering Technology program, you'll harness your passion for creating change into a fulfilling, life-long career. Common job titles upon graduation include industrial engineer, manufacturing engineer, quality engineer, process engineer, project engineer, and continuous improvement engineer.

What You'll Learn:

We teach relevant skills:

  • analyzing processes
  • interpreting data
  • finding solutions
  • making things better
  • making things more efficient
  • eliminating waste
  • keeping companies competitive

 

This Degree Is Great For You Is You if you:

  • Like solving problems
  • Have a desire to find ways of doing things better
  • Like hands-on learning
  • Like working with people
  • Want a job where you are up and about, NOT behind a desk all day

 

Options/Courses of Study:

Current Catalog

Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering Technology, BS

 

One of Only 10 Nationally Accredited


The B.S. in Industrial Engineering Technology is accredited by the Engineering Technologylogo Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org.

Some companies will hire only graduates of accredited schools for positions in industrial engineering. The B.S. in Industrial Engineering Technology is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org.

Job placement rates for graduates of Missouri Southern's Industrial Engineering Technology program are high - the median salary of graduates is $70,000 in their first year of employment.