General Mechanical Engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

If you are interested in studying general mechanical engineering, you may want to check out the program at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

New Mexico Tech is located in Socorro, New Mexico and approximately 1,686 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.

New Mexico Tech General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

New Mexico Tech General Mechanical Engineering Rankings

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

General Mechanical Engineering Student Demographics at New Mexico Tech

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

New Mexico Tech General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of general mechanical engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 28% 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 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 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 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology with a bachelor's in general mechanical engineering.

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 General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a general mechanical engineering master's degree from New Mexico Tech, 57% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the general mechanical engineering 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 general mechanical engineering.

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

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 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

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