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2026 Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Georgia

[Manufacturing Engineering](/majors/engineering/manufacturing-engineering/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.

For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools to find the best return on investment for manufacturing engineering students.

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• Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Georgia

2026 Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Georgia

If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the manufacturing engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.

Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools

1

Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA

$6,022 In-State Tuition & Fees

$26,500 Avg Student Debt

$53,236 Median Earnings (10yr)

Georgia Southern University earned the #1 spot for value among manufacturing engineering schools in Georgia. Set in the town of Statesboro, Georgia Southern University is a very large public institution. In-state tuition and fees average $6,022, compared with $17,734 for out-of-state students. Typical student debt for manufacturing engineering graduates is $26,500. Early-career manufacturing engineering graduates make about $83,438. That is a strong return on a $26,500 median debt. Georgia Southern University admits about 88% of applicants.

2

Savannah College Of Art And Design
Savannah, GA

$41,630 In-State Tuition & Fees

$26,346 Avg Student Debt

$45,954 Median Earnings (10yr)

A rank of #2 makes Savannah College Of Art And Design one of the best values for manufacturing engineering. Set in the city of Savannah, Savannah College Of Art And Design is a large private not-for-profit institution. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $41,630. Manufacturing Engineering graduates carry a median of $26,346 in student loans. Manufacturing Engineering graduates of Savannah College Of Art And Design earn a median of $40,671 early in their careers. Set against $26,346 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. The acceptance rate is 83%.

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Notes and References

The ranking above is published 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 · 3 schools evaluated.

*Averages shown above reflect the top 2 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.