Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a ME school? To help you decide if Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's ME program.

Georgia Tech is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 39,771 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 510 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from Georgia Tech.

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.

Georgia Tech Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Georgia Tech Mechanical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at Georgia Tech 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 Master’s Degree Schools	1
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19

In 2021, 223 students received their master’s degree in ME from Georgia Tech. This makes it the #1 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 61 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Georgia Tech ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at Georgia Tech is $69,872. This is 7% higher than $65,190, which is the national average for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at Georgia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Georgia Tech Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 510 ME majors earned their bachelor's degree from Georgia Tech. Of these graduates, 78% were men and 22% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Georgia Tech since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at Georgia Tech are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	88
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	269
International Students	52
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

Georgia Tech Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 223 students who earned a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2020-2021, 78% were men and 22% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a master's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	102
International Students	75
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Georgia Tech also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 61 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• Robotics Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Systems 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Cost Estimators	4,880	$67,190
Mechanical Engineers	4,750	$84,870
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,740	$142,240
Aerospace Engineers	2,550	$114,160
Engineering Professors	360	$96,180

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 Disavian under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.