Mechanical Engineering at Seattle Pacific University

If you plan to study mechanical engineering, take a look at what Seattle Pacific University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SPU is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 3,601 students attend the school each year. Of the 689 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Seattle Pacific University in 2021, 17 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.

SPU Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

SPU Mechanical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ME programs across the country. The following shows how SPU performed in these rankings.

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 SPU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	273
Best Mechanical Engineering Schools	273
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	293
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools	302

ME Student Demographics at SPU

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

SPU Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of ME bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at SPU since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Seattle Pacific University with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• 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 WA, the home state for Seattle Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Mechanical Engineers	7,750	$96,860
Cost Estimators	5,470	$77,510
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,290	$154,620
Engineering Professors	800	$101,880

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 Westlake78 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.