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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region

7 Ranked Colleges
145 Degrees Awarded
$13,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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.

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” ranking looked at 7 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Greenville, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree manufacturing tech students list, ECU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $15,844 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Manufacturing Tech students per year to attend East Carolina University.

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#2

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, Kentucky
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Kentucky University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Highland Heights, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

NKU also made our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $9,049 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Manufacturing Tech students per year to attend Northern Kentucky University.

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#3

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Murray State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Murray, Kentucky, this medium-sized public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s manufacturing tech students 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 yearly cost to attend Murray State is $11,390 for southeast region bachelor’s degree manufacturing tech students.

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#4

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 #4 for the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Morehead State University is $12,421 for southeast region bachelor’s degree manufacturing tech students.

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#5

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina A & T State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. North Carolina A & T State University is a fairly large school located in Greensboro, North Carolina that handed out 32 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

NC A&T also made our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for NC A&T is $10,274 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Manufacturing Tech students.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering Technology at NC A&T

#6

Sullivan University

Louisville, Kentucky
#7 in overall quality

Sullivan University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Sullivan University is a small school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 4 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree manufacturing tech students list, Sullivan University has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $22,392 for southeast region bachelor’s degree manufacturing tech students per year to attend Sullivan University.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Sullivan University

#7

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky
#3 in overall quality

Western Kentucky University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Western Kentucky University is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees to qualified students.

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. It costs about $11,962 for southeast region bachelor’s degree manufacturing tech students per year to attend WKU.

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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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