General Engineering at Michigan State University

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

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and has a total student population of 49,695. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 103 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Michigan State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Michigan State General Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Michigan State General Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Michigan State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

How Much Do Engineering Graduates from Michigan State Make?

The median salary of engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Michigan State is $66,191. This is 8% higher than $61,282, which is the national average for all engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Engineering Student Demographics at Michigan State

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

Michigan State General Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 103 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Engineering from Michigan State in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Michigan State since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Michigan State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	77
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• Biomedical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Other Engineering

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Architectural and Engineering Managers	10,460	$132,810
Engineering Professors	1,640	$106,740

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.