Mechanical Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology

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

Illinois Tech is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 6,325 students attend the school each year.

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.

Illinois Tech Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME
• Master’s Degree in ME

Illinois Tech Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The me major at Illinois Tech 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in me, making the school the #125 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at Illinois Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the me majors at Illinois Institute of Technology.

Illinois Tech Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of me bachelor's degrees went to men and 26% went to women. The typical me bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Illinois Tech since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Illinois Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in me.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	26
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Illinois Tech Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of me 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 Illinois Institute of Technology with a master's in me.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	26
International Students	34
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Illinois Institute of Technology. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Mechanical Engineering	157

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Operations Research
• Environmental Engineering
• Materials 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 IL, the home state for Illinois Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Mechanical Engineers	17,320	$92,030
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Cost Estimators	5,600	$66,480
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010

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 Thomas Knapp under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.