November 2021
equal opportunity employment journal
Page 17
It’s Cool To Be A Manufacturing Engineering Major Again
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he number of individuals earning degrees in engineering has increased steadily over the past decade, and those numbers will only continue to grow. In particular, one subdiscipline of engineering is looking ever more appealing to students: manufacturing engineering.
What Is Manufacturing Engineering?
in the U.S. (possibly due to the sheer number of schools that offer this degree), bachelor’s degrees awarded in manufacturing engineering and related fields have been steadily growing in the recent past, increasing from 3,503 diplomas in 2007 to 5,649 diplomas in 2016. For those who have already graduated from college, earning a master’s degree at a program such as North Carolina State’s Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering Institute (IMSEI) is also an increasingly popular option. In fact, master’s degrees in manufacturing engineering and related fields are not that far behind bachelor’s degrees, increasing from 2,565 diplomas in 2007 to 4,102 diplomas in 2016.
Manufacturing engineering is a branch of engineering that focuses on improving the production of an item, whether that’s through making product design changes or creating more effective manufacturing processes. Job duties of manufacturing engineers can include developing solutions to production issues, performing cost-benefit analyses, or operating computWhy Students Want to Become er-aided design software to design and produce products and systems. Professionals in this field sometimes go by the title Manufacturing Engineering Majors The number of both bachelor’s and master’s degrees awardplant engineer or process engineer. While mechanical engineering remains the most popular en- ed in manufacturing engineering has increased by more than gineering branch when it comes to bachelor’s degrees awarded 150% over the past decade, which indicates that many students
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