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. Of the 1,249 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2021, 134 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.

MIT Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

MIT Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at MIT 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	1
Best Mechanical Engineering Schools	2
	4
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	12
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	33
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	37

In 2021, 112 students received their master’s degree in ME from MIT. This makes it the #15 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

Earnings of MIT ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at MIT is $80,396. This is 23% higher than $65,190, which is the national average for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 134 ME students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from MIT, about 51% were men and 49% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at MIT since its program graduates 32% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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	30
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	45
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

MIT Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of ME master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

Of the students who received a ME master's degree from MIT, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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	10
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	61
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

MIT also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 45 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.