General Mechanical Engineering at Howard University

If you are interested in studying general mechanical engineering, you may want to check out the program at Howard University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 10,859.

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.

Howard General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Howard General Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The general mechanical engineering major at Howard 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.

General Mechanical Engineering Student Demographics at Howard

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

Howard General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of general mechanical engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% 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 Howard since its program graduates 25% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 46% 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 Howard University with a bachelor's in general mechanical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Howard General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of general mechanical engineering master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Howard University with a master's in general mechanical engineering.

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

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 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.