Mechanical Engineering at The City College of New York

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

CCNY is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 15,227. Of the 2,660 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The City College of New York in 2021, 144 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.

CCNY Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

CCNY Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at CCNY compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 CCNY 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
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	73
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools	88
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	89
	136
Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	202

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in ME from CCNY. This makes it the #125 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #125 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of CCNY ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at CCNY is $63,296. This is less than $65,190, which is the national average of all ME majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

ME Student Demographics at CCNY

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at The City College of New York.

CCNY Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 144 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from CCNY in 2020-2021, 80% were men and 20% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at CCNY since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 50% 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 The City College of New York with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	63
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	20
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

CCNY Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 15 students who earned a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from CCNY in 2020-2021, 80% were men and 20% were women.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

CCNY also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Chemical 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 The City College 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 Elsie140 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.