Purdue University is recognized as one of the top engineering schools in the United States. Purdue offers an online Master of Science program that is designed for industrial engineers, already working in the field, who wish to improve their current skills or increase their marketability. Students taking the online course at Purdue have the advantage of studying under top-rated faculty members who are experts in their field. The school offers both a thesis and a non-thesis program. Courses taken through the online program are in the areas of computer simulation, stochastic processes, engineering statistics, mathematical programming and combinatorial optimization, computational engineering, human factors engineering, human-computer systems, manufacturing processes and precision engineering, production systems design and automation and control.
Purdue University
Engineering Professional Education
Potter Engineering Center, Rm. 364
500 Central Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
765-494-7015
https://engineering.purdue.edu/ProEd/
Arizona State University (ASU) in Scottsdale, Arizona, provides an innovative online M.S. in Engineering program that is offered in conjunction with the Master of Business Administration (MBA) conferred by the W. P. Carey School of Business. This program, like the one at Purdue, is geared towards working professionals in the field of engineering or those who have degrees in an area of math or science that is closely related to the field of industrial engineering. The program at ASU is focused on studies in the areas of production and supply-chain logistics, industrial statistics, applied operations research, quality engineering and enterprise information systems.
ASU Online
1475 N. Scottsdale Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85287
480-884-1525
http://asuonline.asu.edu/
Oklahoma State University (OSU) in Stillwater, Oklahoma, has emerged as a leading national university in the area of distance education. It too offers a master of science degree in the field of industrial engineering. The M.S. program at OSU is offered in one of three modes. Students can pursue a thesis track or one of two non-thesis tracks of study that require students to complete a creative component, either through independent study or additional course work. OSU emphasizes six primary specialty areas through its M.S. program: engineering management, enterprise modeling/supply chain systems, manufacturing systems, facilities/energy and environmental management, operations research and quality and reliability.
Oklahoma State University
512 Engineering North
Stillwater, OK 74075
405-744-5146
http://de.ceat.okstate.edu/