by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Master’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 1,200 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in manufacturing engineering technology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their manufacturing engineering technology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree manufacturing tech students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 20 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the #2 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 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Western Illinois University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Michigan University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region. WMU is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 3 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Western Michigan University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region. Illinois Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Illinois Institute of Technology Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Platteville. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Wisconsin - Platteville is a medium-sized public school situated in Platteville, Wisconsin. It awarded 89 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering Technology at University of Wisconsin - Platteville
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