Manufacturing Engineering at Virginia State 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 Virginia State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Virginia State is located in Petersburg, Virginia and approximately 4,020 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering from Virginia State.

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.

Virginia State Manufacturing Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Manufacturing Engineering

Virginia State Manufacturing Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks manufacturing engineering programs across the country. The following shows how Virginia State performed in these rankings.

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 Virginia State 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 Focused Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Focused Manufacturing Engineering Schools	7
Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools	54

How Much Do Manufacturing Engineering Graduates from Virginia State Make?

The median salary of manufacturing engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Virginia State is $53,571. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $65,857 for all manufacturing engineering students.

Manufacturing Engineering Student Demographics at Virginia State

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

Virginia State Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering from Virginia State. About 78% were men and 22% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 57% 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 Virginia State University with a bachelor's in manufacturing engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Virginia State 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

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 VA, the home state for Virginia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Cost Estimators	9,220	$74,160
Industrial Engineers	4,620	$93,980
Engineers	4,190	$118,390
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,030	$164,300

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
• Image Credit: By Kevin Coles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.