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2023 Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools

36 Colleges
$63,538 Avg Salary
$26,962 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor's Degree 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.

The Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 36 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's degree programs 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for manufacturing engineering majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

Our 2023 rankings named Oregon State University the most popular school in the United States for manufacturing engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 6% of the manufacturing engineering majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 13% of the students majoring in manufacturing engineering at the school are women while 88% are male.

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Out of the 36 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona landed the # 3 spot on the list. Cal Poly Pomona is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Pomona.

Women make up 19% of the manufacturing engineering majors at the school.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Grand Valley State University is a great place for manufacturing engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Allendale, GVSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 23% of the manufacturing engineering majors at the school.

On average, manufacturing engineering graduates from GVSU take out $25,346 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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#5

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

Out of the 36 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Southern University landed the # 5 spot on the list. GaSou is a fairly large public school located in the town of Statesboro.

Women make up 17% of the manufacturing engineering majors at the school.

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Western Washington University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree manufacturing engineering programs. Located in the city of Bellingham, WWU is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 7% of the manufacturing engineering majors at the school.

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#7

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

Ferris State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree manufacturing engineering programs. Ferris is a large public school located in the distant town of Big Rapids.

Of the 27 students majoring in manufacturing engineering at Ferris, 96% are male and 4% are female.

While working on their Bachelor's Degree, manufacturing engineering majors at Ferris accumulate an average of around $22,137 in student debt.

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#8

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. Texas State is a very large public school located in the city of San Marcos.

About 23% of the students majoring in manufacturing engineering at the school are women while 77% are male.

After completing their Bachelor's Degree, manufacturing engineering graduates from Texas State carry an average student debt load of $24,774.

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#9

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

About 32% of the students majoring in manufacturing engineering at the school are women while 68% are male.

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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg, UT Rio Grande Valley is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 50% of the manufacturing engineering majors at the school.

After completing their Bachelor's Degree, manufacturing engineering graduates from UT Rio Grande Valley carry an average student debt load of $13,875.

Full Manufacturing Engineering at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Report

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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 26 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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