General Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

If you plan to study general mechanical engineering, take a look at what Massachusetts Institute of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 11,254 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.

MIT General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering
• Master’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering

MIT General Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The general mechanical engineering major at MIT 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.

There were 45 students who received their doctoral degrees in general mechanical engineering, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Mechanical Engineering Student Demographics at MIT

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

MIT General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of general mechanical engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% 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 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 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in general mechanical engineering.

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 General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of general mechanical engineering 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 general mechanical engineering.

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

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 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.