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Manufacturing Engineering at Northwestern University

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Manufacturing Engineering at Northwestern University

Every manufacturing engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the manufacturing engineering program at Northwestern University stacks up to those at other schools.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,603. In 2021, 25 manufacturing engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Northwestern.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Manufacturing Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Northwestern Manufacturing Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Manufacturing Engineering

Northwestern Manufacturing Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the manufacturing engineering progam at Northwestern compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The manufacturing engineering major at Northwestern is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Manufacturing Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools 15
Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools 35

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in manufacturing engineering from Northwestern. This is the #36 most popular school for manufacturing engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Northwestern Manufacturing Engineering Graduates

The median salary of manufacturing engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Northwestern is $66,553. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $65,857 for all manufacturing engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

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Manufacturing Engineering Student Demographics at Northwestern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the manufacturing engineering majors at Northwestern University.

Northwestern Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor’s Program

32% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 manufacturing engineering majors earned their bachelor's degree from Northwestern. Of these graduates, 68% were men and 32% were women. The typical manufacturing engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at Northwestern since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its manufacturing engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's in manufacturing engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 9
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Northwestern also has a doctoral program available in manufacturing engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Manufacturing Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in manufacturing engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers 9,760 $136,270
Industrial Engineers 9,760 $88,850
Cost Estimators 5,600 $66,480
Engineers 4,000 $87,220
Engineering Professors 1,330 $114,010

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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