Mechanical Engineering at Olin College

If you are interested in studying mechanical engineering, you may want to check out the program at Olin College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Olin College is located in Needham, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 310. Of the 76 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Olin College in 2021, 21 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.

Olin College Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

Olin College Mechanical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at Olin College 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 Mechanical Engineering Schools	1
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
	1
	1
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	2
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools	44
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	45
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	305
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools	314

ME Student Demographics at Olin College

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

Olin College Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in ME from Olin College in 2021, 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Olin College since its program graduates 31% more women than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at Olin College are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Olin College with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Electrical Engineering
• General 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 Olin College.

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.