by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking.
Manufacturing Engineering Technology is the 271st most popular major in the country with 4,812 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 386 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in manufacturing engineering technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in manufacturing engineering technology.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Plains States Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri Western State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. Missouri Western State University is a small school located in Saint Joseph, Missouri that handed out 11 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Missouri Western State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. UNI is a public institution located in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Northern Iowa Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pittsburg State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Plains States Region. Pitt State is a public institution located in Pittsburg, Kansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Pittsburg State University
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #4 spot on the list. Mankato, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Minnesota State University - Mankato Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Cloud State University landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Saint Cloud State University Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report
Bellevue University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Bellevue University is a fairly large school located in Bellevue, Nebraska that handed out 0 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Bellevue University Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report
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