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2023 Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

3 Colleges
$91,720 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 6 degrees and certificates were awarded to manufacturing engineering students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #198 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which master's degree 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 Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

Bradley University

Peoria, IL

Our analysis found Bradley University to be the most popular school for manufacturing engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Illinois. Bradley is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Peoria.

Of the 5 students majoring in manufacturing engineering at Bradley, 60% are male and 40% are female.

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Out of the 3 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular manufacturing engineering schools in Illinois. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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Best Manufacturing Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 31
Ohio 2
Wisconsin 26

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

Majors Similar to Manufacturing Engineering

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 3 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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