Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

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

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 13,519 students attend the school each year.

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.

Carnegie Mellon Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Carnegie Mellon Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The me major at Carnegie Mellon 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.

There were 29 students who received their doctoral degrees in me, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the me majors at Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Mellon Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of me bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical me bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 28% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's in me.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	31
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	34
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Carnegie Mellon Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 83% of me master's degrees went to men and 17% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	39
International Students	122
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Concentrations Within Mechanical Engineering

The following me concentations are available at Carnegie Mellon University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Carnegie Mellon University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Mechanical Engineering	298

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Environmental Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Operations Research

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 Carnegie Mellon 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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.