Mechanical Engineering at Rice University

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

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 7,643.

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.

Rice Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Rice Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The me major at Rice 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.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in me, making the school the #78 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at Rice

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

Rice Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of me bachelor's degrees went to men and 32% went to women. The typical me bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Rice since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Rice University with a bachelor's in me.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	25
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Rice Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of me master's degrees went to men and 27% went to women.

In the me master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rice University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Mechanical Engineering	77

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Operations Research
• 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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Mechanical Engineers	20,820	$105,570
Cost Estimators	17,240	$73,950
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Aerospace Engineers	6,770	$122,570
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200

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 Anatol Stefanowitsch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.