Mechanical Engineering at George Mason University

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

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541. In 2021, 86 ME majors received their bachelor's degree from GMU.

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.

GMU Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

GMU Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at GMU 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 GMU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	156
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	204
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools	271

Earnings of GMU ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at GMU is $61,988. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $65,190 for all ME students.

ME Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 86 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in ME from GMU. About 81% were men and 19% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at GMU since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 George Mason University with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	39
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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

Related Majors

• Operations Research
• Construction Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Biomedical 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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Cost Estimators	9,220	$74,160
Mechanical Engineers	7,590	$100,540
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,030	$164,300
Aerospace Engineers	2,060	$127,390

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.