General Mechanical Engineering at Southern Methodist University

What traits are you looking for in a general mechanical engineering school? To help you decide if Southern Methodist University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's general mechanical engineering program.

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and approximately 12,373 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Mechanical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

SMU General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering
• Master’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at SMU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SMU offers distance education options for general mechanical engineering at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SMU General Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The general mechanical engineering major at SMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in general mechanical engineering, making the school the #66 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Mechanical Engineering Student Demographics at SMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general mechanical engineering majors at Southern Methodist University.

SMU General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of general mechanical engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical general mechanical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at SMU since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general mechanical engineering at SMU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general mechanical engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Methodist University with a bachelor's in general mechanical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	26
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SMU General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of general mechanical engineering master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

Of the students who received a general mechanical engineering master's degree from SMU, 80% 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 Southern Methodist University with a master's in general mechanical engineering.

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

Careers That General Mechanical Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general mechanical engineering 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 Southern Methodist 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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.