Mechanical Engineering at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

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

Cal Poly Pomona is located in Pomona, California and has a total student population of 30,014. Of the 6,526 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State Polytechnic University - Pomona in 2021, 227 of them were mechanical engineering majors.

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.

Cal Poly Pomona Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Cal Poly Pomona Mechanical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ME programs across the country. The following shows how Cal Poly Pomona performed in these rankings.

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 Cal Poly Pomona 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 Popular Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools	52
Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	113

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in ME from Cal Poly Pomona. This makes it the #98 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Cal Poly Pomona ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal Poly Pomona is $68,168. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $65,190 for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at Cal Poly Pomona

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona.

Cal Poly Pomona Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The ME program at Cal Poly Pomona awarded 227 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 82% of these degrees went to men with the other 18% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ME bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State Polytechnic University - Pomona with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	52
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	76
White	60
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

Cal Poly Pomona Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students graduated with a master's degree in ME from Cal Poly Pomona. About 80% were men and 20% were women.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 65% of degree recipients. That is 38% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Systems Engineering
• General Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Industrial 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 CA, the home state for California State Polytechnic University - Pomona.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Cost Estimators	28,660	$78,190
Mechanical Engineers	27,330	$107,370
Aerospace Engineers	11,440	$125,540
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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 Victorrocha under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.