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2023 Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Manufacturing Engineering Master'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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Master's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 42 schools in the United States to see which master's degree 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 Master's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found Southern Methodist University to be the most popular school for manufacturing engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Women make up 42% of the manufacturing engineering majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a very large student population.

About 26% of the students majoring in manufacturing engineering at the school are women while 74% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. UW - Stout is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Menomonie.

About 8% of the students majoring in manufacturing engineering at the school are women while 92% are male.

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Out of the 42 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Hato Rey, Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 27% of the students majoring in manufacturing engineering at the school are women while 73% are male.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular manufacturing engineering schools in the United States. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 16 students majoring in manufacturing engineering at ASU - Tempe, 88% are male and 13% are female.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Savannah College of Art and Design is a great place for manufacturing engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Savannah, SCAD is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 16 students majoring in manufacturing engineering at SCAD, 38% are male and 63% are female.

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Rochester Institute of Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Women make up 21% of the manufacturing engineering majors at the school.

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Colorado School of Mines came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 15% of the manufacturing engineering majors at the school.

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for manufacturing engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta.

About 46% of the students majoring in manufacturing engineering at the school are women while 54% are male.

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Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree manufacturing engineering programs. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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

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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 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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