Is a Manufacturing Engineering degree worth it?
Across 8 schools, graduates of Manufacturing Engineering earn a median $90,094 five years out on $20,202 of debt — most often working as Industrial Engineers. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$90,094
Median debt
$20,202
Years to pay off
2.2
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
51%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+4.4%
BLS 2024–2034
Net price
$15,564/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$23,119
vs avg, adjusted
See where this degree leads, who's hiring, and whether the pay covers the rent.
Explore Manufacturing Engineering in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.