2024 Best Manufacturing Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Manufacturing Engineering is about average in terms of popularity for master's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #169 out of the 343 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of manufacturing engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 24 master's degrees in manufacturing engineering to qualified students.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on manufacturing engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of manufacturing engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for manufacturing engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized manufacturing engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for manufacturing engineering students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Manufacturing Engineering Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Manufacturing Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Manufacturing Engineering in Pennsylvania

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in manufacturing engineering.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Master's in Manufacturing Engineering

1

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

1 Annual Graduates

Carnegie Mellon University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in manufacturing engineering. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in manufacturing engineering from Carnegie Mellon University

2

Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA

1 Annual Graduates

Lehigh University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in manufacturing engineering. Located in the city of Bethlehem, Lehigh is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in manufacturing engineering from Lehigh University

Best Manufacturing Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	14
New Jersey	188	3

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Manufacturing Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Manufacturing Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Manufacturing Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Manufacturing Engineering	24

Majors Similar to Manufacturing Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	609
Mechanical Engineering	415
Computer Engineering	306
Biomedical Engineering	205
Civil Engineering	184
Systems Engineering	142
Chemical Engineering	132
Robotics Engineering	102
Industrial Engineering	98
Materials Engineering	93

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.