2023 Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools
Finding the Best Manufacturing Engineering School for You
Manufacturing Engineering is the #244 most popular major in the country with 947 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools ranking. This report analyzed 54 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best programs for students.
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2023 Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the United States
Check out the manufacturing engineering programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 10 Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the United States for manufacturing engineering students. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools list. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools list. National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of La Jolla.
While working on their degree, manufacturing engineering majors at National University accumulate an average of around $35,500 in student debt.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Grand Valley State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools list. Located in the suburb of Allendale, GVSU is a public school with a very large student population.
While working on their degree, manufacturing engineering majors at GVSU accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools list. Ferris is a large public school located in the town of Big Rapids.
On average, manufacturing engineering graduates from Ferris take out $24,069 in student loans while working on their degree.
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With a ranking of #6, Dunwoody College of Technology did quite well on this year’s best schools for manufacturing engineering students. Dunwoody College of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.
The average amount in student loans that manufacturing engineering majors at Dunwoody College of Technology take out is $35,134.
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With a ranking of #7, Carnegie Mellon University did quite well on this year’s best schools for manufacturing engineering students. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.
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Rochester Institute of Technology ranked #8 on this year’s Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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Lawrence Technological University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools list. Lawrence Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Southfield.
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With a ranking of #10, University of St Thomas Minnesota did quite well on this year’s best schools for manufacturing engineering students. UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul.
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Manufacturing Engineering Related Rankings by Major
Manufacturing Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Manufacturing Engineering
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 46,178 |
| Electrical Engineering | 28,844 |
| Civil Engineering | 21,388 |
| Computer Engineering | 17,987 |
| Chemical Engineering | 12,917 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.