Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University

What traits are you looking for in a ME school? To help you decide if Northeastern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's ME program.

Northeastern is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 22,905. Of the 4,358 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University in 2021, 240 of them were mechanical engineering majors.

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.

Northeastern Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Northeastern Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at Northeastern 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 Northeastern 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 Popular Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	10
	27

In 2021, 127 students received their master’s degree in ME from Northeastern. This makes it the #10 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #54 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Northeastern ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at Northeastern is $69,867. This is 7% higher than $65,190, which is the national average for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at Northeastern

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

Northeastern Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 240 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern in 2020-2021, 77% were men and 23% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Northeastern since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at Northeastern are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Northeastern University with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	140
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

Northeastern Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 127 ME majors earned their master's degree from Northeastern. Of these graduates, 81% were men and 19% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	36
International Students	60
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Northeastern also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 10 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Robotics Engineering
• Operations Research
• Systems Engineering
• Chemical 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 MA, the home state for Northeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Mechanical Engineers	9,130	$98,190
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Cost Estimators	6,030	$77,670
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140
Aerospace Engineers	630	$119,700

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 (User:Piotrus) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.