2024 Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region
7Colleges in the Southwest Region
153Manufacturing Engineering Degrees Awarded
$72,187Avg Early-Career Salary
Manufacturing Engineering degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #243 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 153 degrees in manufacturing engineering to qualified students.
The manufacturing engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Manufacturing Engineering rankings. We derive our Best Overall Manufacturing Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
Best Schools for Manufacturing Engineering in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of manufacturing engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Manufacturing Engineering
It is hard to beat Southern Methodist University if you wish to pursue a degree in manufacturing engineering. SMU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Dallas. A Best Colleges rank of #73 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means SMU is a great university overall.
There were about 43 manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent data year. Those manufacturing engineering students who get their degree from Southern Methodist University earn $16,692 more than the average manufacturing engineering grad.
It's hard to beat Arizona State University - Tempe if you wish to pursue a degree in manufacturing engineering. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #119 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were about 24 manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in manufacturing engineering needs to look into The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg. This university ranks 21st out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 23 manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Rio Grande Valley in the most recent year we have data available.
The University of Texas at El Paso is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in manufacturing engineering. UTEP is a very large public university located in the large city of El Paso. This university ranks 56th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 15 manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at UTEP in the most recent data year.
Texas State is a very large public university located in the city of San Marcos. This university ranks 20th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 43 manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the manufacturing engineering program earn about $55,495 for their early career.
Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #168 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Texas Tech is a great university overall.
There were about 1 manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent data year.
UTSA is a very large public university located in the large city of San Antonio. This university ranks 25th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 1 manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at UTSA in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).