Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University

If you plan to study mechanical engineering, take a look at what Baylor University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and has a total student population of 19,297. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from Baylor.

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.

Baylor Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Baylor Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at Baylor 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 Baylor 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
Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	72
	112

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in ME from Baylor. This makes it the #178 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #105 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Baylor ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at Baylor is $63,921. 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 Baylor

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

Baylor Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 ME majors earned their bachelor's degree from Baylor. Of these graduates, 79% were men and 21% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Baylor since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at Baylor 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 Baylor University with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	48
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Baylor Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 ME majors earned their master's degree from Baylor. Of these graduates, 86% were men and 14% were women.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Baylor also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Biomedical Engineering
• General Engineering
• Electrical and Computer 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 TX, the home state for Baylor University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Mechanical Engineers	20,820	$105,570
Cost Estimators	17,240	$73,950
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Aerospace Engineers	6,770	$122,570
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200

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 Kairos14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.