Mechanical Engineering at McNeese State University

If you plan to study mechanical engineering, take a look at what McNeese State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

McNeese is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana and has a total student population of 7,284. In 2021, 41 ME majors received their bachelor's degree from McNeese.

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.

McNeese Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

McNeese Mechanical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at McNeese 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
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	122
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools	257

ME Student Demographics at McNeese

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

McNeese Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 ME majors earned their bachelor's degree from McNeese. Of these graduates, 93% were men and 7% were women.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at McNeese are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	23
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

McNeese also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General 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 LA, the home state for McNeese State University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Cost Estimators	2,120	$67,650
Mechanical Engineers	1,730	$101,810
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,300	$151,220
Engineering Professors	270	$95,220
Aerospace Engineers	70	$117,170

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 Gkarg under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.