2023 Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Massachusetts
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Manufacturing Engineering School for You
Manufacturing Engineering is the #201 most popular major in Massachusetts with 35 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts to see which programs offered the best value experiences for manufacturing engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality in Manufacturing Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named Worcester Polytechnic Institute the best value school in Massachusetts for manufacturing engineering students. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Worcester.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WPI are $55,531 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, WPI also is in the top 20% of our Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Massachusetts ranking.
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Out of the 2 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Boston U are $59,816 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Boston U is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Massachusetts list.
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Explore all the Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Connecticut | 4 |
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Manufacturing Engineering Related Majors for Manufacturing Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar 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 2 schools only.
- 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.