Mechanical Engineering at Harding University

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

Harding is located in Searcy, Arkansas and has a total student population of 4,617. Of the 902 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Harding University in 2021, 30 of them were mechanical engineering majors.

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.

Harding Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

Harding Mechanical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ME programs across the country. The following shows how Harding performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at Harding 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
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools	147
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	160
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	196

Earnings of Harding ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at Harding is $56,533. This is less than $65,190, which is the national average of all ME majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

ME Student Demographics at Harding

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

Harding Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 93% of ME bachelor's degrees went to men and 7% went to women.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at Harding 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 Harding University with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	26
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Biomedical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical 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 AR, the home state for Harding University.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Cost Estimators	1,240	$61,500
Mechanical Engineers	1,040	$71,730
Architectural and Engineering Managers	860	$121,390
Engineering Professors	240	$91,380

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.