Mechanical Engineering at Benedictine College

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

Benedictine College is located in Atchison, Kansas and has a total student population of 2,217. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from Benedictine College.

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.

Benedictine College Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

Benedictine College Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at Benedictine College 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 Benedictine College 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
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	96
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	307
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools	317

ME Student Demographics at Benedictine College

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

Benedictine College Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in ME from Benedictine College in 2021, 65% were men and 35% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Benedictine College since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at Benedictine College 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 Benedictine College with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Chemical Engineering
• Civil 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 KS, the home state for Benedictine College.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Mechanical Engineers	2,710	$82,210
Aerospace Engineers	2,220	$105,540
Cost Estimators	1,940	$66,500
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,520	$129,220
Engineering Professors	310	$107,820

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 Bcprva under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.