Mechanical Engineering at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying mechanical engineering, you may want to check out the program at New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and has a total student population of 14,227. In 2021, 100 ME majors received their bachelor's degree from NMSU Main Campus.

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.

NMSU Main Campus Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

NMSU Main Campus Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at NMSU Main Campus 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 NMSU Main Campus 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 Schools	119
Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	179
	191

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in ME from NMSU Main Campus. This makes it the #147 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do ME Graduates from NMSU Main Campus Make?

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at NMSU Main Campus is $63,582. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $65,190 for all ME students.

ME Student Demographics at NMSU Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

NMSU Main Campus Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 100 ME students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from NMSU Main Campus, about 82% were men and 18% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at NMSU Main Campus since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	50
White	25
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

NMSU Main Campus Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a master's degree in ME from NMSU Main Campus. About 9% of these graduates were women and the other 91% were men.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 73% of degree recipients. That is 45% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a master's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Systems Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Chemical Engineering
• General Engineering
• Civil 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 State University - Main Campus.

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 AllenS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.