2025 Best General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Illinois

General Manufacturing Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #447 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 49 degrees in general manufacturing engineering to qualified students.

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Pick Your General Manufacturing Engineering Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for General Manufacturing Engineering in Illinois

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the general manufacturing engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Illinois Schools in General Manufacturing Engineering

1

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7.4% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat Northwestern University if you wish to pursue a degree in general manufacturing engineering. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston.More information about a degree in general manufacturing engineering from Northwestern University

2

Bradley University
Peoria, IL

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's hard to beat Bradley University if you wish to pursue a degree in general manufacturing engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Peoria, Bradley is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a degree in general manufacturing engineering from Bradley University

Best General Manufacturing Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best General Manufacturing Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	939	18
Michigan	915	99
Indiana	737	0
Wisconsin	672	44

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Manufacturing Engineering

General Manufacturing Engineering is one of 0 different types of Manufacturing Engineering programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.