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.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 90 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
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for General Manufacturing Engineering in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region Schools in General Manufacturing Engineering
University of St Thomas Minnesota is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in general manufacturing engineering. Located in the city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #106 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UST MN is a great university overall.
There were roughly 30 general manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at UST MN in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in general manufacturing engineering needs to check out North Dakota State University - Main Campus. North Dakota State University is a large public university located in the medium-sized city of Fargo. This university ranks 4th out of 12 schools for overall quality in the state of North Dakota.
There were roughly 12 general manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at North Dakota State University in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Dunwoody College of Technology if you wish to pursue a degree in general manufacturing engineering. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Dunwoody College of Technology is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 26th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were approximately 15 general manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at Dunwoody College of Technology in the most recent year we have data available.
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.
