Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,603. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 65 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from Northwestern.

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.

Northwestern Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Northwestern Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The ME major at Northwestern 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.

In 2021, 56 students received their master’s degree in ME from Northwestern. This makes it the #43 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 21 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #22 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Northwestern ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at Northwestern is $70,936. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 9% higher than the national average of $65,190 for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 65 ME majors earned their bachelor's degree from Northwestern. Of these graduates, 80% were men and 20% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Northwestern since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 Northwestern University with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	28
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Northwestern Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 56 students who earned a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern in 2020-2021, 73% were men and 27% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	27
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Northwestern also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 21 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• General Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Environmental Engineering
• Manufacturing 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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Mechanical Engineers	17,320	$92,030
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Cost Estimators	5,600	$66,480
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.