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2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
90 Degrees Awarded
$26,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master's For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Manufacturing Engineering Technology is the 258th most popular major in the country with 5,052 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 90 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 6 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the manufacturing engineering technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Minnesota State Mankato is located in Mankato, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our master’s degree manufacturing tech students whose families make $48-$75k list, Minnesota State Mankato has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State University - Mankato are $8,788, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Minnesota State University - Mankato

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s manufacturing tech students in 2019-2020.

SIUC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at SIUC

#3

Oregon Institute of Technology

Klamath Falls, Oregon
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon Institute of Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and it awarded 3 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OIT, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at OIT are $23,379, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full OIT Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

#4

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Macomb, Illinois, and it awarded 12 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

WIU also made our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at WIU are $11,996, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at WIU

#5

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. WMU is a fairly large public school situated in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It awarded 1 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Michigan University are $31,355, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at WMU

#1 in overall quality

Rochester Institute of Technology ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 32 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

RIT also made our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at RIT are $50,442.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering Technology at RIT

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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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