2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s” 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.

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” ranking analyzed 5 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 Master’s

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

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology

#1

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$8,788 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is located in Mankato, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees to qualified students.

Minnesota State Mankato did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 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 Minnesota State Mankato are $8,788.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Minnesota State Mankato

#2

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois

#5 in overall quality

$11,996 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s. Located in Macomb, Illinois, this medium-sized public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified masters’s manufacturing tech students 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.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Western Illinois University

#3

Oregon Institute of Technology

Klamath Falls, Oregon

#4 in overall quality

$23,379 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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

In addition to being on our master’s degree manufacturing tech students list, OIT has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at OIT are $23,379, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at OIT

#4

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 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. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full SIUC Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

#5

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, New York

#1 in overall quality

$50,442 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 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 RIT are $50,442, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full RIT Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

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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