General Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying general mechanical engineering, you may want to check out the program at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Georgia Tech is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 39,771 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.

Georgia Tech General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering
• Master’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering

Georgia Tech General Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The general mechanical engineering major at Georgia Tech 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.

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

General Mechanical Engineering Student Demographics at Georgia Tech

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

Georgia Tech General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of general mechanical engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women. The typical general mechanical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Georgia Tech since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general mechanical engineering 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 4% 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 Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a bachelor's in general mechanical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	75
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	227
International Students	58
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

Georgia Tech General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of general mechanical engineering master's degrees went to men and 20% went to 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 general mechanical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	38
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	103
International Students	57
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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 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

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