Mechanical Engineering at California State University - Chico

What traits are you looking for in a ME school? To help you decide if California State University - Chico is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's ME program.

Chico State is located in Chico, California and approximately 16,746 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 72 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from Chico State.

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.

Chico State Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

Chico State Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at Chico State 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 Chico State 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
	42
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	182
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	273

Earnings of Chico State ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at Chico State is $68,880. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $65,190 for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at Chico State

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

Chico State Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 72 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in ME from Chico State. About 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 Chico State since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 University - Chico with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	27
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

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

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Electrical 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 CA, the home state for California State University - Chico.

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.