2026 Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Utah

[Manufacturing Engineering](/majors/engineering/manufacturing-engineering/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong manufacturing engineering education at a price that pays off.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools to find the best return on investment for manufacturing engineering students.
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2026 Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Utah
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in manufacturing engineering, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools
Leading the list is Brigham Young University Provo, our #1 best value for manufacturing engineering in Utah. Located in the city of Provo, Brigham Young University Provo is a very large private not-for-profit university. Students from in state pay about $6,688 in tuition and fees. Typical student debt for manufacturing engineering graduates is $11,000. Early-career manufacturing engineering graduates make about $69,520. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. Brigham Young University Provo admits about 68% of applicants.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.