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2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
145 Degrees Awarded
$12,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Manufacturing Engineering Technology is the 258th most popular major in the country with 5,052 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,632 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 145 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in manufacturing engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality manufacturing engineering technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the manufacturing engineering technology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree manufacturing tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, Kentucky
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Kentucky University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees to qualified students.

NKU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend NKU is $6,295 for southeast region bachelor’s degree manufacturing tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full NKU Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the #2 spot on the list. East Carolina University is located in Greenville, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees to qualified students.

ECU also made our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend ECU is $12,195 for southeast region bachelor’s degree manufacturing tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at East Carolina University

#3

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Murray State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Murray State is a public institution located in Murray, Kentucky. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Murray State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Murray State is $9,185 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Manufacturing Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Murray State

#4

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Greensboro, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

NC A&T did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $9,168 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Manufacturing Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend NC A&T.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at NC A&T

#5

Morehead State University

Morehead, Kentucky
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morehead State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Morehead, Kentucky is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Morehead State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $11,086 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Manufacturing Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Morehead State University.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Morehead State University

#6

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky
#3 in overall quality

Western Kentucky University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

WKU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Western Kentucky University is $14,790 for southeast region bachelor’s degree manufacturing tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Western Kentucky University

#7

Sullivan University

Louisville, Kentucky
#7 in overall quality

Sullivan University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Sullivan University is a small private for-profit school situated in Louisville, Kentucky. It awarded 4 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Sullivan University, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $24,381 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Manufacturing Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Sullivan University.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Sullivan University

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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