2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Manufacturing Engineering is the 241st most popular major in the country with 966 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, manufacturing engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,383 and had an average of $25,760 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 134 manufacturing engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $32,467 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 92 manufacturing engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in manufacturing engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality manufacturing engineering 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 program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The manufacturing engineering 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 “Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree manufacturing engineering students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #1 spot on the list. North Carolina State University is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 58 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering at NC State

#2

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$31,334 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Georgia Tech is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 17 masters’s manufacturing engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Tech are $31,334, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering at Georgia Tech

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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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