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2026 Highest Paid Manufacturing Engineering Grads in the Far Western Region

[Manufacturing Engineering](/majors/engineering/manufacturing-engineering/) is a field where your choice of school can shape what you earn after graduation. The schools below stand out for the salaries their manufacturing engineering graduates go on to command.

For its 2026 highest-paid-graduates ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools to find where manufacturing engineering graduates earn the most.

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• Highest Paid Manufacturing Engineering Grads in the Far Western Region

2026 Highest Paid Manufacturing Engineering Grads in the Far Western Region

Below are the schools whose manufacturing engineering graduates go on to earn the most.

Highest Paid Manufacturing Engineering Graduates

1

California State Polytechnic University Pomona
Pomona, CA

$93,335 Average Early-Career Salary

For graduate earnings in manufacturing engineering, no school beat California State Polytechnic University Pomona this year. Located in the suburb of Pomona, California State Polytechnic University Pomona is a public institution. Manufacturing Engineering graduates of California State Polytechnic University Pomona earn a median of about $93,335 a year early in their careers.

2

Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

$92,078 Average Early-Career Salary

Oregon State University produces some of the highest-paid graduates in manufacturing engineering, landing the #2 spot this year. Located in the city of Corvallis, Oregon State University is a public institution. Students who complete the manufacturing engineering program here go on to a median salary of roughly $92,078.

3

Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA

$65,863 Average Early-Career Salary

Western Washington University came in at #3 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying manufacturing engineering schools. Western Washington University is a public school located in the city of Bellingham. Students who complete the manufacturing engineering program here go on to a median salary of roughly $65,863.

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Notes and References

This ranking is produced by College Factual, 2026 edition. Schools are ranked on the median early-career earnings of their manufacturing engineering graduates, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).

Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 3 schools evaluated.

*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.

• 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.
• Graduate earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard) field-of-study earnings.

More about our data sources and methodologies.