2024 Best General Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in general manufacturing engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #353 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for general manufacturing engineering students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 44 bachelor's degrees in general manufacturing engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general manufacturing engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general manufacturing engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general manufacturing engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general manufacturing engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Manufacturing Engineering in Illinois

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for general manufacturing engineering students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Illinois Schools for a Bachelor's in General Manufacturing Engineering

1

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

25 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Northwestern University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general manufacturing engineering. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston.More information about a bachelor’s in general manufacturing engineering from Northwestern University

2

Bradley University
Peoria, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

Bradley University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in general manufacturing engineering. Located in the midsize city of Peoria, Bradley is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general manufacturing engineering from Bradley University

Best General Manufacturing Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	68
Ohio	612	17
Indiana	535	0
Wisconsin	435	18

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Manufacturing Engineering

One of 0 majors within the Manufacturing Engineering area of study, General Manufacturing Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.