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General Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University

General Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University

If you plan to study general 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.

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.

Iowa State General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering

Iowa State General Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The general mechanical engineering major at Iowa State 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 Iowa State

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

Iowa State General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

12% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 88% of general mechanical engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 12% went to women.

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About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general mechanical engineering 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 general mechanical engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 16
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 273
International Students 19
Other Races/Ethnicities 29

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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