Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

If you plan to study mechanical engineering, take a look at what The University of Texas at Austin has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and has a total student population of 50,476. In 2021, 274 ME majors received their bachelor's degree from UT Austin.

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.

UT Austin Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at UT Austin 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 UT Austin 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
	6
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	131

In 2021, 51 students received their master’s degree in ME from UT Austin. This makes it the #48 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 34 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do ME Graduates from UT Austin Make?

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Austin is $73,222. This is 12% higher than $65,190, which is the national average for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 274 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in ME from UT Austin. About 79% were men and 21% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at UT Austin since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	72
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	46
White	123
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

UT Austin Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 students earned a master's degree in ME from UT Austin. About 29% of these graduates were women and the other 71% were men.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	25
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UT Austin also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 34 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Geoscience Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• General Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Industrial 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Mechanical Engineers	20,820	$105,570
Cost Estimators	17,240	$73,950
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Aerospace Engineers	6,770	$122,570
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.