Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University

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

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and approximately 31,822 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 451 ME majors received their bachelor's degree from Iowa State.

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.

Iowa State Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

Iowa State Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at Iowa State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at Iowa State 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 Focused Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	54
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	70

Earnings of Iowa State ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at Iowa State is $64,842. 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 Iowa State

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

Iowa State Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 451 students earned a bachelor's degree in ME from Iowa State. About 13% of these graduates were women and the other 87% were men.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at Iowa State 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 Iowa State University with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	339
International Students	34
Other Races/Ethnicities	32

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

Related Majors

• Systems Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics

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 IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Mechanical Engineers	2,970	$80,530
Cost Estimators	2,160	$62,410
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,120	$119,230
Engineering Professors	570	$116,060

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 Jamo2008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.