Manufacturing Engineering at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

What traits are you looking for in a manufacturing engineering school? To help you decide if The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's manufacturing engineering program.

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and has a total student population of 32,441. In 2021, 22 manufacturing engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from UT Rio Grande Valley.

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.

UT Rio Grande Valley Manufacturing Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Manufacturing Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Manufacturing Engineering

UT Rio Grande Valley Manufacturing Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The manufacturing engineering major at UT Rio Grande Valley 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	12
Best Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools	29
	32

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in manufacturing engineering from UT Rio Grande Valley. This makes it the #22 most popular school for manufacturing engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

Manufacturing Engineering Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the manufacturing engineering majors at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

UT Rio Grande Valley Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in manufacturing engineering from UT Rio Grande Valley in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical manufacturing engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at UT Rio Grande Valley since its program graduates 28% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 54% 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 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with a bachelor's in manufacturing engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	0
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UT Rio Grande Valley Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 manufacturing engineering majors earned their master's degree from UT Rio Grande Valley. Of these graduates, 100% were men and 0% were women.

In the manufacturing engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 68% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with a master's in manufacturing engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Industrial Engineers	17,910	$109,880
Cost Estimators	17,240	$73,950
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Engineers	10,710	$113,370
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.