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The "Actually Knowing How to Build It" Crew

Manufacturing

Polytechnic Powerhouses

The undisputed kings of hands-on, lab-heavy engineering technology.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 294 43% 91% / 9% 9% $83,160 89 96% —
2 Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY 228 71% 79% / 21% 3% $91,043 89 98% —
3 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA
San Luis Obispo, CA 47 30% 47% / 53% 0% $87,411 93 100% —
4 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 332 52% 89% / 11% 1% $89,884 92 98% —
5 Cal Poly - Pomona
Pomona, CA
Pomona, CA 64 42% 91% / 9% 0% $90,731 97 99% —

Industrial Innovators

Excellent regional hubs deeply connected to manufacturing and automotive giants.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Michigan Technological
Houghton, MI
Houghton, MI 37 75% 92% / 8% 0% $83,845 87 98% —
2 Ferris State
Big Rapids, MI
Big Rapids, MI 216 85% 87% / 13% 0% $89,258 96 97% —
3 Kettering
Flint, MI
Flint, MI — 68% — — — — — —
4 Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee, WI — 67% — — — — — —
5 New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ
Newark, NJ 131 69% 90% / 10% 5% $88,914 93 95% —

Applied Science All-Stars

Schools where you will spend more time in a hard hat than a lecture hall.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Oregon Institute of Technology
Klamath Falls, OR
Klamath Falls, OR 29 72% 90% / 10% 0% $93,762 94 99% —
2 Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA
Boston, MA — 72% — — — — — —
3 Bradley
Peoria, IL
Peoria, IL — 68% — — — — — —
4 U. of Houston
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 139 66% 88% / 12% 4% $81,717 91 99% —

Regional Tech Titans

Producing the steady stream of technologists that keep local industries humming.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Indiana State
Terre Haute, IN
Terre Haute, IN 78 85% 88% / 12% 5% $76,983 86 99% —
2 U. of Toledo
Toledo, OH
Toledo, OH 47 80% 96% / 4% 0% $82,352 91 99% —
3 Old Dominion
Norfolk, VA
Norfolk, VA 139 75% 86% / 14% 1% $86,205 92 90% —
4 U. of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
Charlotte, NC 141 78% 94% / 6% 7% $79,298 90 98% —
5 U. of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati, OH — 85% — — — — — —