General Mechanical Engineering at Lamar University

Every general mechanical engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general mechanical engineering program at Lamar University stacks up to those at other schools.

Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and has a total student population of 16,637.

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.

Lamar University General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering

Lamar University General Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The general mechanical engineering major at Lamar University 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 Lamar University

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

Lamar University General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of general mechanical engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% 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 Lamar University since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general mechanical engineering at Lamar University are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Lamar University with a bachelor's in general mechanical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 TX, the home state for Lamar University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Mechanical Engineers	20,820	$105,570
Cost Estimators	17,240	$73,950
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Aerospace Engineers	6,770	$122,570
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200

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 Billy Hathorn under License

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