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Mechanical Engineering at Grand Valley State University

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Mechanical Engineering at Grand Valley State University

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

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and has a total student population of 23,350. In 2021, 70 ME majors received their bachelor's degree from GVSU.

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.

GVSU Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in ME

GVSU Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The ME major at GVSU 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.

Earnings of GVSU ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at GVSU is $70,095. This is 8% higher than $65,190, which is the national average for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

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ME Student Demographics at GVSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at Grand Valley State University.

GVSU Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

16% Women
7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The ME program at GVSU awarded 70 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 84% of these degrees went to men with the other 16% going to women.

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About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at GVSU 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 Grand Valley State University with a bachelor's in ME.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 62
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Mechanical Engineers 43,890 $91,100
Architectural and Engineering Managers 10,460 $132,810
Cost Estimators 6,590 $63,810
Engineering Professors 1,640 $106,740

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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