Mechanical Engineering at San Francisco State University

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

SFSU is located in San Francisco, California and approximately 27,349 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,627 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Francisco State University in 2021, 102 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.

SFSU Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

SFSU Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at SFSU 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 SFSU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	132
Best Mechanical Engineering Schools	241

Earnings of SFSU ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at SFSU is $65,759. This is 1% higher than $65,190, which is the national average for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 102 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in ME from SFSU. About 85% were men and 15% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 San Francisco State University with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	28
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	17
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

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

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical 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 CA, the home state for San Francisco State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Cost Estimators	28,660	$78,190
Mechanical Engineers	27,330	$107,370
Aerospace Engineers	11,440	$125,540
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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 Briantrejo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.