Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

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

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 13,519 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 121 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from Carnegie Mellon.

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
• Doctorate Degree in ME

Carnegie Mellon Mechanical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	11
Best Mechanical Engineering Schools	21
	54
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools	183
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	211

In 2021, 148 students received their master’s degree in ME from Carnegie Mellon. This makes it the #4 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

Earnings of Carnegie Mellon ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at Carnegie Mellon is $68,038. This is 4% higher than $65,190, which is the national average for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 121 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon in 2020-2021, 71% were men and 29% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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	27
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	42
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

Carnegie Mellon Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 148 ME majors earned their master's degree from Carnegie Mellon. Of these graduates, 73% were men and 27% were women.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 32% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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	22
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	38
International Students	59
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Carnegie Mellon also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 29 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.