Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University

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

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and approximately 15,953 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 49 ME majors received their bachelor's degree from Stanford.

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.

Stanford Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME
• Master’s Degree in ME
• Doctorate Degree in ME

Online Classes Are Available at Stanford

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.

Stanford does offer online education options in ME for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Stanford Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at Stanford 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 Stanford 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	15

In 2021, 154 students received their master’s degree in ME from Stanford. This makes it the #2 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 49 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do ME Graduates from Stanford Make?

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at Stanford is $67,007. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $65,190 for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at Stanford

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

Stanford Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The ME program at Stanford awarded 49 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 51% of these degrees went to men with the other 49% going to women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Stanford since its program graduates 32% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 Stanford University with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	16
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Stanford Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 154 ME students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Stanford, about 69% were men and 31% were women.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	42
International Students	52
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Stanford also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 49 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Petroleum Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Biomedical 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 Stanford 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 Pere Joan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.