2027 Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the The Plains States Region
[Manufacturing Engineering](/majors/engineering/manufacturing-engineering/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
For its 2027 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for manufacturing engineering students.
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2027 Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the The Plains States Region
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the manufacturing engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools
Leading the list is Wichita State University, our #1 best value for manufacturing engineering in the The Plains States Region. Set in the city of Wichita, Wichita State University is a large public institution. In-state tuition and fees average $9,684, compared with $19,869 for out-of-state students. Typical student debt for manufacturing engineering graduates is $24,262. Early-career manufacturing engineering graduates make about $49,278. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. The acceptance rate is 94%.
The strong cost-to-outcome balance at Dunwoody College Of Technology earned it the #2 place for manufacturing engineering. Set in the city of Minneapolis, Dunwoody College Of Technology is a small private not-for-profit institution. Students from in state pay about $27,477 in tuition and fees. Students borrow a median of $34,996 to complete the manufacturing engineering program here. Early-career manufacturing engineering graduates make about $77,857. That is a strong return on a $34,996 median debt. The acceptance rate is 99%.
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 2 ranked schools only.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
