Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville · Edwardsville, IL

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$12,922Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$25,719Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$62,973
Same subject · national$67,300
Engineering · national$63,302

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $58,673–$65,600.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
Western Kentucky UniversityCivil Engineering, Construction Engineering Technologies, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$63,005
University of WyomingChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering$58,673
West Texas A & M UniversityEngineering Technology, General, Mechanical Engineering$53,417
Marshall UniversityEngineering, General$57,318
University of Colorado Colorado SpringsElectrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$62,941
University of MaineBiomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering Technologies, Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians$59,370
California State University-FresnoCivil Engineering, Construction Engineering Technologies, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering-Related Technologies, Mechanical Engineering$67,101
Nicholls State UniversityEngineering-Related Technologies$73,446
Cleveland State UniversityChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians$58,673
University of ToledoBiomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering Technologies, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians$63,501
North Dakota State University-Main CampusAgricultural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$65,409
San Francisco State UniversityCivil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$66,171
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗