Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Purdue University - Main Campus

If you plan to study manufacturing engineering technology, take a look at what Purdue University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Manufacturing Engineering Technology section at the bottom of this page.

Purdue Manufacturing Engineering Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Manufacturing Tech

Purdue Manufacturing Engineering Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the manufacturing tech progam at Purdue compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The manufacturing tech major at Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Manufacturing Engineering Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	2
Best Manufacturing Engineering Trade Schools	5
Most Focused Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	12
	25
Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools	48

Manufacturing Tech Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the manufacturing tech majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 97 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering Technology from Purdue in 2020-2021, 86% were men and 14% were women. The typical manufacturing tech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 11% women. So female students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in manufacturing tech at Purdue are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in manufacturing tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	55
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in manufacturing tech. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Industrial Production Technologies
• Industrial Technology

Careers That Manufacturing Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in manufacturing tech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Industrial Engineering Technicians	2,860	$49,900

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.