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2023 Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

13 Colleges
$68,710 Avg Salary
$26,967 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Manufacturing Engineering School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, manufacturing engineering was ranked #187 in the country. In fact 423 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Manufacturing Engineering program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Stout to be the most popular school for manufacturing engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . UW - Stout is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Menomonie.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great place for manufacturing engineering students. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at University of Michigan - Dearborn helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best manufacturing engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Dearborn, UM Dearborn is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#4

Bradley University

Peoria, IL

Out of the 13 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bradley University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Peoria, Bradley is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Wayne State University is a great place for manufacturing engineering students. Wayne State is a very large public school located in the city of Detroit.

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Lawrence Technological University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Lawrence Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Southfield.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular manufacturing engineering programs. UC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

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Wright State University - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular manufacturing engineering programs. Wright State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Dayton.

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Illinois Institute of Technology ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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Michigan Technological University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for manufacturing engineering students. It came in at #10 on the list. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Houghton.

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Best Manufacturing Engineering Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 31
Illinois 6
Ohio 2
Wisconsin 26

One of 39 majors within the area of study, manufacturing engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 13 schools only.

  • 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.

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