Mechanical Engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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

New Mexico Tech is located in Socorro, New Mexico and has a total student population of 1,686.

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.

New Mexico Tech Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

New Mexico Tech Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The me major at New Mexico Tech 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 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in me, making the school the #125 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at New Mexico Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the me majors at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

New Mexico Tech Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of me bachelor's degrees went to men and 28% went to women. The typical me bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at New Mexico Tech since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology with a bachelor's in me.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

New Mexico Tech Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of me master's degrees went to men and 26% went to women.

Of the students who received a me master's degree from New Mexico Tech, 57% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the me master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Mechanical Engineering	65

Related Majors

• Civil Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Chemical 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 NM, the home state for New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,590	$163,260
Mechanical Engineers	1,290	$110,210
Cost Estimators	1,010	$59,580
Aerospace Engineers	700	$114,340

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 Atomic Energy505 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.