Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program

Find better ways to manufacture products and maintain quality control through the entire production process while ensuring efficient use of personnel and resources.

Accreditation

ABET Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission: The Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program at Purdue University is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s general criteria and program criteria for Manufacturing Engineering Technology and similarly named programs.

Program Educational Objectives

MFET Graduates two to five years into their careers:

 

  1. Deliver services and support to both internal and external clients by applying technical knowledge, problem solving techniques and hands-on skills in traditional and emerging areas of the manufacturing discipline.
  2. Are active participants in ongoing professional development, professional growth and increasing professional responsibility.
  3. Effectively communicate ideas with technical and non-technical people.
  4. Work effectively in teams.
  5. Work within the accepted standards of professional integrity and conduct.

Student Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Bachelor of Science degree program in Manufacturing Engineering Technology will achieve the following learned capabilities:

  1. An ability to apply knowledge, techniques, skills, and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, or technology to solve broadly-defined engineering problems;
  2. An ability to design systems, components, or processes meeting specified needs for broadly-defined engineering problems;
  3. An ability to conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments and to analyze and interpret the results to improves processes;
  4. An ability to function effectively as a member or leader on a technical team;
  5. An ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in both technical and non-technical environments; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature;

Enrollment Trends

  Fall 2018 Fall 2019 Fall 2020 Fall 2021 Fall 2022 Fall 2023
West Lafayette 170

194

199 211 249 269
Anderson 25 17 25 23 18 12
Columbus 12 16 11 9 6 2
Kokomo 3 2 1 1 1 0
New Albany 13 18 15 16 10 4
Richmond 7 8 7 4 2 1
South Bend 11 11 7 9 4 4

Number of Graduates

  2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
West Lafayette 21 38 58 42 39
Anderson 3

4

3 5 1
Columbus 2 2 2 3 2
Kokomo 0 0 0 0 1
New Albany 0 0 1 6 3
Richmond 0 1 2 0 0
South Bend 0 0 2 3 0

Enrollment Trends and Number of Graduates data is sourced from Purdue’s Office of Enrollment Management's Data Digest.

Placement Data*

Number of Graduates Percent of Grads Reported Placement Rate Continuing Education Average Salary
25 84.0% 95.24% 4 $71,416