2026 Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Washington
Manufacturing Engineering programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. The schools below stand out for the quality of their manufacturing engineering programs.
To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 2 schools to find the best for manufacturing engineering students.
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Best Schools for Manufacturing Engineering in Washington
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the manufacturing engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Manufacturing Engineering
No school ranked higher than Western Washington University this year for manufacturing engineering. Located in the city of Bellingham, Western Washington University is a large public university. Roughly 65% of students complete a degree within six years here. About 18 manufacturing engineering degrees were awarded at Western Washington University in the most recent year. Soon after graduation, manufacturing engineering degree recipients from Western Washington University generally make around $65,863. Students borrow a median of $21,425 to complete this degree.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 2 schools evaluated.
- 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.