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

Two to five years into their careers, MFET Graduates:

  1. Work in fields of engineering or engineering technology and advance through career promotions.
  2. Solve complex problems, communicate solutions professionally, and adapt to changes, demonstrating effective performance in global, technological, or corporate environments and communities.
  3. Commit to lifelong learning, maintaining technical competence through continuous education and professional engagement.

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, and 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 apply written, oral, and graphical communication in broadly-defined technical and non-technical environments; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature.
  4. An ability to conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments and to analyze and interpret the results to improve processes.
  5. An ability to function effectively as a member as well as a leader on technical teams.

Enrollment Trends

  Fall 2018 Fall 2019 Fall 2020 Fall 2021 Fall 2022 Fall 2023 Fall 2024
West Lafayette 170

194

199 211 249 269 275
Anderson 25 17 25 23 18 12 7
Columbus 12 16 11 9 6 2 1
Kokomo 3 2 1 1 1 0 0
New Albany 13 18 15 16 10 4 2
Richmond 7 8 7 4 2 1 0
South Bend 11 11 7 9 4 4 3

Number of Graduates

  2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024
West Lafayette 21 38 58 42 39 52
Anderson 3

4

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

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
20 80% 93.8% 3 N/A