Mechanical Engineering at SUNY New Paltz

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

SUNY New Paltz is located in New Paltz, New York and has a total student population of 7,489. In 2021, 61 ME majors received their bachelor's degree from SUNY New Paltz.

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.

SUNY New Paltz Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

SUNY New Paltz Mechanical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at SUNY New Paltz 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	208

ME Student Demographics at SUNY New Paltz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at SUNY New Paltz.

SUNY New Paltz Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 61 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from SUNY New Paltz in 2020-2021, 89% were men and 11% were women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at SUNY New Paltz are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 SUNY New Paltz with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	39
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

SUNY New Paltz 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

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 NY, the home state for SUNY New Paltz.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Mechanical Engineers	11,280	$91,820
Cost Estimators	10,150	$75,730
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010
Aerospace Engineers	320	$115,420

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 crz4mets2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.