Mechanical Engineering
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Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Mechanical Engineering degree recipients are Los Angeles, CA, West Lafayette, IN, and New York, NY. In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Mechanical Engineering degree recipients are Needham, MA, Houghton, MI, and Socorro, NM. The most common degree awarded to students studying Mechanical Engineering is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Mechanical Engineering and the types of students that study this field. Purdue University-Main Campus awards the most degrees in Mechanical Engineering in the US, but Franklin W Olin College of Engineering and Kettering University have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Mechanical Engineering.
Tuition costs for Mechanical Engineering majors are, on average, $8,232 for in-state public colleges, and $43,600 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Mechanical Engineering programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (275 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (33,313 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Mechanical Engineering, is Public, 4-year or above (33,313 completions in 2023).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Mechanical Engineering programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Purdue University-Main Campus has the most Mechanical Engineering degree recipients, with 785 degrees awarded in 2023.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Mechanical Engineering.
Out of all institutions that offer Mechanical Engineering programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Franklin W Olin College of Engineering has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Mechanical Engineering, with 32.9%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Mechanical Engineering by year.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Engineering in the United States.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Engineering degrees.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Mechanical Engineering are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Research Doctorate.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Mechanical Engineering.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Mechanical Engineering.
White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in India that hold Engineering degrees (4.13 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (503,948 degree recipients).
