Engineering

Industrial Engineering

California State University-Northridge · Northridge, CA

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · same subjectSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$18,975Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$25,483Same subject at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$64,876
Same subject · national$68,047
Engineering · national$63,302

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Same subject at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $61,020–$67,413.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
Texas State UniversityIndustrial Engineering$65,557
Wichita State UniversityIndustrial Engineering$63,005
University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeIndustrial Engineering$64,196
Arizona State University Campus ImmersionIndustrial Engineering$66,821
West Virginia UniversityIndustrial Engineering$68,047
North Dakota State University-Main CampusIndustrial Engineering$59,576
The University of Texas at ArlingtonIndustrial Engineering$67,202
Kent State University at KentIndustrial Engineering$49,019
Western Michigan UniversityIndustrial Engineering$69,338
Wayne State UniversityIndustrial Engineering$77,401
Ohio University-Main CampusIndustrial Engineering$61,020
San Jose State UniversityIndustrial Engineering$61,020
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗