If you plan on majoring in general manufacturing engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #447 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 92 degrees in general manufacturing engineering to qualified students.
Choosing a Great General Manufacturing Engineering School
Your choice of general manufacturing engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general manufacturing engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your General Manufacturing Engineering Degree Level
The general manufacturing engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for General Manufacturing Engineering in the Southeast Region
The schools below may not offer all types of general 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 Southeast Region Schools in General Manufacturing Engineering
It's hard to beat Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in general manufacturing engineering. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Georgia Tech is a great school overall.
There were about 11 general manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat North Carolina State University if you wish to pursue a degree in general manufacturing engineering. NC State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Raleigh. This university ranks 4th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were roughly 25 general manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Georgia Southern University if you want to pursue a degree in general manufacturing engineering. Located in the town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 16th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were about 22 general manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at GaSou in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of general manufacturing engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general manufacturing engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
