Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University

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

Bucknell is located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,726. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from Bucknell.

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.

Bucknell Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

Bucknell Mechanical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at Bucknell 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 Schools	23
	36
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools	238
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools	266

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in ME from Bucknell. This is the #227 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Bucknell ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at Bucknell is $68,748. This is 5% higher than $65,190, which is the national average for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at Bucknell

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

Bucknell Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 38 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bucknell in 2020-2021, 82% were men and 18% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Bucknell since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at Bucknell 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 Bucknell University with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	31
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Biomedical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• 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 PA, the home state for Bucknell University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Mechanical Engineers	16,590	$85,740
Cost Estimators	8,610	$67,330
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
Engineering Professors	2,950	$114,870
Aerospace Engineers	940	$108,300

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 Balon Greyjoy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.