Mechanical Engineering at Ohio University - Athens Campus

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

OHIO Athens is located in Athens, Ohio and approximately 25,714 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 81 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from OHIO Athens.

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.

OHIO Athens Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

OHIO Athens Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at OHIO Athens compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at OHIO Athens 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
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools	84
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	225

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in ME from OHIO Athens. This makes it the #210 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of OHIO Athens ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at OHIO Athens is $68,216. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $65,190 for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at OHIO Athens

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

OHIO Athens Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 79% of ME bachelor's degrees went to men and 21% went to women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at OHIO Athens since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at OHIO Athens are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ohio University - Athens Campus with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	71
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

OHIO Athens Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 3 students who earned a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from OHIO Athens in 2020-2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

Of the students who received a ME master's degree from OHIO Athens, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Engineering Science
• Biomedical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Industrial 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 OH, the home state for Ohio University - Athens Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Mechanical Engineers	15,300	$81,020
Cost Estimators	10,200	$64,700
Architectural and Engineering Managers	6,160	$135,360
Aerospace Engineers	3,880	$112,480
Engineering Professors	1,530	$113,110

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 Robert Chriss under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.