Mechanical Engineering at Eastern Washington University

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

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and approximately 12,349 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 77 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from EWU.

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.

EWU Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

EWU Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at EWU 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 EWU 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 Schools	257
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	283
	300

How Much Do ME Graduates from EWU Make?

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at EWU is $56,780. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $65,190 for all ME students.

ME Student Demographics at EWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at Eastern Washington University.

EWU Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 77 ME students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from EWU, about 86% were men and 14% were women.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at EWU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Washington University with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	57
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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

Related Majors

• Electrical 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 WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Mechanical Engineers	7,750	$96,860
Cost Estimators	5,470	$77,510
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,290	$154,620
Engineering Professors	800	$101,880

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 Ian Poellet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.