Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Prepares you to apply scientific and mathematical principles to the design, development, and implementation of manufacturing systems. Covers materials science and engineering, manufacturing processes, process engineering, assembly and product engineering, manufacturing systems design, and manufacturing competitiveness.
Where it can lead
Careers this field can lead to
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Industrial Engineers
- Median pay
- $102,440
- Hiring change through 2035
- 12.4%
- Job openings a year
- 23,100
To get hiredBachelor's degree
Explore this career ShrinkingCost Estimators
- Median pay
- $78,740
- Hiring change through 2035
- −3.1%
- Job openings a year
- 17,600
To get hiredBachelor's degree
Explore this career GrowingArchitectural and Engineering Managers
- Median pay
- $171,270
- Hiring change through 2035
- 5.5%
- Job openings a year
- 14,900
To get hiredBachelor's degree
Explore this career Growing with the economyEngineers, All Other
- Median pay
- $122,930
- Hiring change through 2035
- 3.7%
- Job openings a year
- 8,800
To get hiredBachelor's degree
Explore this career GrowingEngineering Teachers, Postsecondary
- Median pay
- $109,270
- Hiring change through 2035
- 7.8%
- Job openings a year
- 3,900
To get hiredDoctoral or professional degree
Explore this careerAll work is projected to grow 3.5% between 2025 and 2035; read every hiring-change figure against it. The figures beside each career are the pay of that work, across everyone doing it. Graduates of this field earn $65,857 one year after completing the program, which is the start of a career rather than the shape of one.
Working style
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