Mechanical Engineering at SUNY Polytechnic Institute

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 SUNY Polytechnic Institute stacks up to those at other schools.

SUNY Poly is located in Utica, New York and approximately 3,044 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 29 ME majors received their bachelor's degree from SUNY Poly.

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 Poly Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

SUNY Poly Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at SUNY Poly 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 SUNY Poly 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 Value Mechanical Engineering Schools	168
	288
	290
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools	295

Earnings of SUNY Poly ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Poly is $58,631. This is less than $65,190, which is the national average of all ME majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

ME Student Demographics at SUNY Poly

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

SUNY Poly Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The ME program at SUNY Poly awarded 29 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 83% of these degrees went to men with the other 17% going to women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at SUNY Poly 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 SUNY Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• General Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Civil 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 Polytechnic Institute.

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 Bssasidhar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.