General Mechanical Engineering at George Mason University

Every general mechanical engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general mechanical engineering program at George Mason University stacks up to those at other schools.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Mechanical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

GMU General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering

GMU General Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The general mechanical engineering major at GMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

General Mechanical Engineering Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 88% of general mechanical engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 12% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general mechanical engineering 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 general mechanical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	42
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Careers That General Mechanical Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general mechanical engineering 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.