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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology (Income $30-$48k)

6 Ranked Colleges
90 Degrees Awarded
$26,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master's For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,052 people earned their degree in manufacturing engineering technology, making the major the 258th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 90 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in manufacturing engineering technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent manufacturing engineering technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the manufacturing engineering technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The manufacturing tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology (Income $30-$48k)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k. This fairly large school is located in Mankato, Minnesota, and it awarded 4 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato also made our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State University - Mankato are $8,788, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Minnesota State University - Mankato Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #2 spot on the list. SIUC is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 15 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

#3

Oregon Institute of Technology

Klamath Falls, Oregon
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. OIT is located in Klamath Falls, Oregon and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OIT, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon Institute of Technology are $23,379.

Full Oregon Institute of Technology Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

#4

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the #4 spot on the list. WIU is a public institution located in Macomb, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WIU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Illinois University are $11,996, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Western Illinois University Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

#5

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #5 spot on the list. Western Michigan University is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WMU, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Michigan University are $31,355, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Western Michigan University

#1 in overall quality

Rochester Institute of Technology ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Rochester Institute of Technology is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 32 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

RIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rochester Institute of Technology are $50,442, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology

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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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