2025 Best Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

When it comes to popularity, a bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering sits in the middle of the road, ranking #203 out of 363 majors in the country. 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 the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of manufacturing engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 39 bachelor'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 bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor'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 - How many other manufacturing engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 much debt manufacturing engineering students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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 bachelor'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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Manufacturing Engineering in the Plains States Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for manufacturing engineering students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Manufacturing Engineering

1

North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, ND

15 Annual Graduates

North Dakota State University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering. North Dakota State University is a large public university located in the medium-sized city of Fargo.More information about a bachelor’s in manufacturing engineering from North Dakota State University - Main Campus

2

Dunwoody College of Technology
Minneapolis, MN

13 Annual Graduates

$77,857 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering needs to take a look at Dunwoody College of Technology. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Dunwoody College of Technology is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Soon after graduation, manufacturing engineering bachelor's recipients typically earn around $77,857 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in manufacturing engineering from Dunwoody College of Technology

Best Manufacturing Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best manufacturing engineering colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	215	27
Kansas	184	6
North Dakota	149	13

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Manufacturing Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Manufacturing Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Manufacturing Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Manufacturing Engineering	39

Majors Similar to Manufacturing Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	2,346
Civil Engineering	972
Electrical Engineering	725
Computer Engineering	720
Chemical Engineering	685
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	409
Industrial Engineering	379
Biomedical Engineering	378
Agricultural Engineering	160
General Engineering	148

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.