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2023 Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Manufacturing Engineering Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 423 people earned a degree or certificate in manufacturing engineering, making the major the #187 most popular in the United States.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Master's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 42 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Manufacturing Engineering program at each school on the list.

Check out the manufacturing engineering master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our 2023 rankings named Southern Methodist University the most popular school in the United States for manufacturing engineering students working on their master’s degree. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.

About 42% of the students majoring in manufacturing engineering at the school are women while 58% are male.

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Out of the 42 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

Of the 38 students majoring in manufacturing engineering at NC State, 74% are male and 26% are female.

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Out of the 42 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stout landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 26 students majoring in manufacturing engineering at UW - Stout, 92% are male and 8% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico is a great place for manufacturing engineering students working on their master’s degree. Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Hato Rey.

Of the 22 students majoring in manufacturing engineering at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico, 73% are male and 27% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the city of Tempe.

Women make up 13% of the manufacturing engineering majors at the school.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Savannah College of Art and Design is a great place for manufacturing engineering students working on their master’s degree. SCAD is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Savannah.

Women make up 63% of the manufacturing engineering majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #7, Rochester Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for manufacturing engineering students working on their master’s degree. RIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rochester.

About 21% of the students majoring in manufacturing engineering at the school are women while 79% are male.

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Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree manufacturing engineering programs. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

About 23% of the students majoring in manufacturing engineering at the school are women while 77% are male.

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree manufacturing engineering programs. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 13 students majoring in manufacturing engineering at Georgia Tech, 54% are male and 46% are female.

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Colorado School of Mines did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for manufacturing engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.

About 15% of the students majoring in manufacturing engineering at the school are women while 85% are male.

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Manufacturing Engineering by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Manufacturing Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

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 25 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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