Mechanical Engineering at Southern Utah University

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

Southern Utah University is located in Cedar City, Utah and approximately 12,582 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,387 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Utah University in 2021, 21 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.

Southern Utah University Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

Southern Utah University Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at Southern Utah University 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 Southern Utah University 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	305
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	342

ME Student Demographics at Southern Utah University

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

Southern Utah University Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 ME majors earned their bachelor's degree from Southern Utah University. Of these graduates, 90% were men and 10% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at Southern Utah University 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 Utah University with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Southern Utah University 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

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 UT, the home state for Southern Utah University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Mechanical Engineers	3,600	$88,150
Cost Estimators	2,680	$65,940
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,230	$128,980
Aerospace Engineers	900	$105,320
Engineering Professors	320	$120,110

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 No Author Name under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.