2024 Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region
7Colleges in the Southwest Region
150Manufacturing Engineering Degrees Awarded
$72,187Avg Early-Career Salary
Manufacturing Engineering degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #243 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 150 degrees in manufacturing engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The manufacturing engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Manufacturing Engineering rankings. We derive our Best Overall Manufacturing Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Manufacturing Engineering in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of manufacturing engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Manufacturing Engineering
It's difficult to beat Southern Methodist University if you wish to pursue a degree in manufacturing engineering. SMU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Dallas. A Best Colleges rank of #73 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means SMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 57 manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent data year. Those manufacturing engineering students who get their degree from Southern Methodist University make $16,692 more than the typical manufacturing engineering student.
It is hard to beat Arizona State University - Tempe if you wish to pursue a degree in manufacturing engineering. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #119 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were about 20 manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in manufacturing engineering needs to look into The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Edinburg. This university ranks 21st out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 26 manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Rio Grande Valley in the most recent data year.
The University of Texas at El Paso is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in manufacturing engineering. UTEP is a very large public university located in the city of El Paso. This university ranks 56th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 10 manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at UTEP in the most recent data year.
Texas State is a fairly large public university located in the city of San Marcos. This university ranks 20th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 26 manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the manufacturing engineering program earn an average of $55,495 in their early career salary.
Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #168 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Texas Tech is a great university overall.
There were approximately 2 manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
UTSA is a fairly large public university located in the large city of San Antonio. This university ranks 25th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 9 manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at UTSA in the most recent data year.
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).
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The manufacturing engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Manufacturing Engineering rankings. We derive our Best Overall Manufacturing Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
