Mechanical Engineering at Arkansas Tech University

If you are interested in studying mechanical engineering, you may want to check out the program at Arkansas Tech University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

ATU is located in Russellville, Arkansas and approximately 10,829 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 65 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from ATU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mechanical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

ATU Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME
• Master’s Degree in ME

ATU Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at ATU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at ATU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mechanical Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	271

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in ME from ATU. This makes it the #217 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of ATU ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at ATU is $60,093. This is less than $65,190, which is the national average of all ME majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

ME Student Demographics at ATU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at Arkansas Tech University.

ATU Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 65 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from ATU in 2020-2021, 94% were men and 6% were women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at ATU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Arkansas Tech University with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	40
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

ATU Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who graduated with a master’s in ME from ATU in 2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Arkansas Tech University with a master's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

ATU also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Physics
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AR, the home state for Arkansas Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Cost Estimators	1,240	$61,500
Mechanical Engineers	1,040	$71,730
Architectural and Engineering Managers	860	$121,390
Engineering Professors	240	$91,380

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Valis55 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.