Mechanical Engineering at Howard University

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

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 10,859. Of the 1,542 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Howard University in 2021, 24 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.

Howard Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Howard Mechanical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at Howard 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	226
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	226
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	312

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in ME from Howard. This is the #227 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

ME Student Demographics at Howard

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

Howard Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 ME majors earned their bachelor's degree from Howard. Of these graduates, 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Howard since its program graduates 37% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% 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 Howard University with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Howard also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Electrical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Chemical 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 DC, the home state for Howard University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,360	$152,130
Mechanical Engineers	620	$112,780
Cost Estimators	400	$93,880
Aerospace Engineers	310	$138,480

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 Josh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.