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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 331 43% 88% / 12% 6% $86,659 91 96% —
2 Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY 134 71% 69% / 31% 1% $88,591 87 97% —
3 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA
San Luis Obispo, CA 50 30% 68% / 32% 0% $78,892 87 100% —
4 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 342 52% 84% / 16% 2% $94,108 94 98% —
5 Cal Poly - Pomona
Pomona, CA
Pomona, CA 61 42% 89% / 11% 7% $83,416 94 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 63 86% 83% / 17% 0% $84,761 87 98% —
2 Ferris State
Big Rapids, MI
Big Rapids, MI 187 85% 92% / 8% 2% $89,793 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 169 69% 86% / 14% 5% $84,852 90 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 39 72% 92% / 8% 0% $91,633 94 99% —
2 Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA
Boston, MA — 91% — — — — — —
3 Bradley
Peoria, IL
Peoria, IL — 68% — — — — — —
4 U. of Houston
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 130 76% 89% / 11% 4% $82,016 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 75 85% 87% / 13% 3% $85,904 93 99% —
2 U. of Toledo
Toledo, OH
Toledo, OH 46 80% 85% / 15% 11% $88,181 94 99% —
3 Old Dominion
Norfolk, VA
Norfolk, VA 136 91% 84% / 16% 1% $86,441 91 90% —
4 U. of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
Charlotte, NC 126 78% 92% / 8% 2% $81,953 90 98% —
5 U. of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati, OH — 85% — — — — — —