Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 11,254.

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.

MIT Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

MIT Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The me major at MIT 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 45 students who received their doctoral degrees in me, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at MIT

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

MIT Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of me bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical me bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at MIT since its program graduates 28% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in me.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	49
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

MIT Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of me master's degrees went to men and 34% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a master's in me.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	55
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Concentrations Within Mechanical Engineering

If you plan to be a me major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Mechanical Engineering	291

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Operations Research
• Civil 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 MA, the home state for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Mechanical Engineers	9,130	$98,190
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Cost Estimators	6,030	$77,670
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140
Aerospace Engineers	630	$119,700

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 InSapphoWeTrust under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.