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2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
145 Degrees Awarded
$10,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 5,052 people earned their degree in manufacturing engineering technology, making the major the 258th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,632 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 145 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in manufacturing engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality manufacturing engineering technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the manufacturing engineering technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, Kentucky
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Kentucky University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This fairly large school is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

NKU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Kentucky University is $4,156 for southeast region bachelor’s degree manufacturing tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Northern Kentucky University Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the #2 spot on the list. ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees to qualified students.

ECU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for ECU is $11,026 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Manufacturing Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full ECU Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

#3

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the #3 spot on the list. NC A&T is a public institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC A&T, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NC A&T is $7,493 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Manufacturing Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering Technology at NC A&T

#4

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Murray State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Murray State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Murray, Kentucky. It awarded 9 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Murray State also made our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $8,839 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Manufacturing Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Murray State.

Full Murray State Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

#5

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. WKU is a public institution located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WKU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $11,714 for southeast region bachelor’s degree manufacturing tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Western Kentucky University.

Full Western Kentucky University Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

#6

Morehead State University

Morehead, Kentucky
#6 in overall quality

Morehead State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Morehead, Kentucky, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s manufacturing tech students in 2019-2020.

Morehead State University also took the #6 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Morehead State University is $10,029 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Manufacturing Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Morehead State University

#7

Sullivan University

Louisville, Kentucky
#7 in overall quality

Sullivan University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Sullivan University is a small school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 4 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Sullivan University, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Sullivan University is $22,102 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Manufacturing Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Sullivan University

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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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