2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology in Arkansas

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in Arkansas” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 4,812 people earned their degree in manufacturing engineering technology, making the major the 271st most popular in the United States.

Across Arkansas, there were 51 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 9 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,707 and $16,924 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in Arkansas” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in manufacturing engineering technology. That schools that top this list have a program in manufacturing engineering technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in Arkansas

The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas associate degree manufacturing tech students.

Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology in Arkansas

1

University of Arkansas Rich Mountain
Mena, Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas Rich Mountain. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in Arkansas list. Located in Mena, Arkansas, this small public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified associates’s manufacturing tech students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at UA Rich Mountain

2

Arkansas Northeastern College
Blytheville, Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas Northeastern College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in Arkansas list. Blytheville, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s manufacturing tech degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Arkansas Northeastern College

3

University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College
North Little Rock, Arkansas

#10 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in Arkansas. University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College is a small school located in North Little Rock, Arkansas that handed out 2 associates’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

4

University of Arkansas at Monticello
Monticello, Arkansas

#23 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Monticello. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in Arkansas list. Located in Monticello, Arkansas, this small public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s manufacturing tech students in 2020-2021.

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5

East Arkansas Community College
Forrest City, Arkansas

#21 overall quality in Arkansas

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, East Arkansas Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Forrest City, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s manufacturing tech degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at East Arkansas Community College

5

Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, Arkansas

#12 overall quality in Arkansas

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas Tech University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Russellville, Arkansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s manufacturing tech students in 2020-2021.

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• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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