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2023 Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools

80 Colleges
$70,583 Avg Salary
$26,962 Avg Student Debt

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 80 schools in the United States to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Manufacturing Engineering program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Colleges.

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

Our analysis found Oregon State University to be the most popular school for manufacturing engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public school with a very large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southern Methodist University is a great place for manufacturing engineering students. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Stout is a great place for manufacturing engineering students. UW - Stout is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Menomonie.

The average amount in student loans that manufacturing engineering majors at UW - Stout take out is $29,814.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools list. Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

While working on their degree, manufacturing engineering majors at BYU accumulate an average of around $17,226 in student debt.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools list. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a very large student population.

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California State Polytechnic University - Pomona landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular manufacturing engineering programs. Cal Poly Pomona is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Pomona.

While working on their degree, manufacturing engineering majors at Cal Poly Pomona accumulate an average of around $25,401 in student debt.

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Grand Valley State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Allendale, GVSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

After completing their degree, manufacturing engineering graduates from GVSU carry an average student debt load of $27,000.

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Savannah College of Art and Design did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for manufacturing engineering students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Savannah, SCAD is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#9

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

Georgia Southern University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools ranking. GaSou is a very large public school located in the distant town of Statesboro.

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#10

Western Washington University

Bellingham, WA

With a ranking of #10, Western Washington University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for manufacturing engineering students. Located in the small city of Bellingham, WWU is a public school with a large student population.

The average amount in student loans that manufacturing engineering majors at WWU take out is $23,175.

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#11

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

Ferris State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for manufacturing engineering students. It came in at #11 on the list. Ferris is a large public school located in the town of Big Rapids.

Manufacturing Engineering majors at Ferris take out an average of $24,069 in student loans while working on their egree.

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University of St Thomas Minnesota did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for manufacturing engineering students. It came in at #12 on the list. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul.

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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ranked #12 on this year’s Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Edinburg, UT Rio Grande Valley is a public school with a very large student population.

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#12

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University ranked #12 on this year’s Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools list. Texas State is a very large public school located in the small city of San Marcos.

While working on their degree, manufacturing engineering majors at Texas State accumulate an average of around $25,278 in student debt.

Full Manufacturing Engineering at Texas State University Report

Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools award.

Rank College Location
15 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
16 Bradley University Peoria, IL

Manufacturing Engineering by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Manufacturing Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

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.

  • 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.

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