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2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the manufacturing engineering technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 4 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Minnesota State Mankato, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #2 spot on the list. SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our master’s degree manufacturing tech students with aid list, SIUC has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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 Getting Aid list. OIT is a medium-sized public school situated in Klamath Falls, Oregon. It awarded 3 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

OIT also made our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon Institute of Technology are $23,379, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full OIT 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the #4 spot on the list. Western Illinois University 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.

WIU also took the #5 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 WIU are $11,996.

Full Western Illinois University Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

#5

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Michigan University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. Western Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 1 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Michigan University are $31,355, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Western Michigan University

#1 in overall quality

Rochester Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RIT, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. 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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