Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York

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

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 48 ME majors received their bachelor's degree from Columbia.

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.

Columbia Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Columbia Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at Columbia 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 Columbia 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
	8
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	37

In 2021, 137 students received their master’s degree in ME from Columbia. This makes it the #6 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #38 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do ME Graduates from Columbia Make?

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at Columbia is $69,826. This is 7% higher than $65,190, which is the national average for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 48 students earned a bachelor's degree in ME from Columbia. About 40% of these graduates were women and the other 60% were men. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 23% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	8
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

Columbia Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 137 students earned a master's degree in ME from Columbia. About 25% of these graduates were women and the other 75% were men.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	11
International Students	112
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Columbia also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 13 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• 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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Mechanical Engineers	11,280	$91,820
Cost Estimators	10,150	$75,730
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010
Aerospace Engineers	320	$115,420

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.