Mechanical Engineering at Southern New Hampshire University

Every mechanical engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the ME program at Southern New Hampshire University stacks up to those at other schools.

SNHU is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and approximately 134,345 students attend the school each year. Of the 15,591 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern New Hampshire University in 2021, 13 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.

SNHU Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

SNHU Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at SNHU 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 SNHU 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 Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	399

ME Student Demographics at SNHU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at Southern New Hampshire University.

SNHU Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from SNHU in 2020-2021, 69% were men and 31% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at SNHU since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at SNHU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Electrical 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 NH, the home state for Southern New Hampshire University.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Mechanical Engineers	2,410	$97,270
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,410	$158,150
Cost Estimators	900	$67,610

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 Kylejtod at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.