Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

What traits are you looking for in a ME school? To help you decide if Johns Hopkins University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's ME program.

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a total student population of 28,890. Of the 1,847 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University in 2021, 46 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.

Johns Hopkins Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Johns Hopkins Mechanical Engineering Rankings

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

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 Johns Hopkins 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
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	114
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	238
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	258

In 2021, 128 students received their master’s degree in ME from Johns Hopkins. This makes it the #9 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #29 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Johns Hopkins ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at Johns Hopkins is $70,563. This is 8% higher than $65,190, which is the national average for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at Johns Hopkins

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

Johns Hopkins Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The ME program at Johns Hopkins awarded 46 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 78% of these degrees went to men with the other 22% going to women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Johns Hopkins since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	17
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Johns Hopkins Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 128 students who earned a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Johns Hopkins in 2020-2021, 80% were men and 20% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a master's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	64
International Students	33
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Johns Hopkins also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 17 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• General Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Robotics 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 MD, the home state for Johns Hopkins University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Mechanical Engineers	5,670	$109,960
Architectural and Engineering Managers	5,010	$145,470
Cost Estimators	4,390	$71,650
Aerospace Engineers	2,890	$127,330
Engineering Professors	890	$117,160

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 Lester Spence under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.