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2023 Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Michigan

8 Colleges
$67,334 Avg Salary
$25,535 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Manufacturing Engineering School for You

Manufacturing Engineering is the #149 most popular major in Michigan with 99 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Michigan ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in Michigan to see which ones were the most popular 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.

Check out the manufacturing engineering programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Michigan.

Our 2023 rankings named Grand Valley State University the most popular school in Michigan for manufacturing engineering students. GVSU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Allendale.

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

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#2

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

Out of the 8 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Ferris State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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The excellent programs at University of Michigan - Dearborn helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best manufacturing engineering schools in Michigan. UM Dearborn is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Dearborn.

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Out of the 8 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the # 4 spot on the list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

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#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Wayne State University is a great place for manufacturing engineering students. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public college with a very large student population.

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Lawrence Technological University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular manufacturing engineering programs. Located in the small city of Southfield, Lawrence Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Western Michigan University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Michigan list. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public college with a large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Michigan Technological University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for manufacturing engineering students. Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Best Manufacturing Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 19
Illinois 50
Indiana 0
Wisconsin 44

One of 40 majors within the area of study, manufacturing engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 8 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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