General Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

If you plan to study general 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.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Mechanical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UT Austin General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering
• Master’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering

UT Austin General Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The general mechanical engineering major at UT Austin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

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

General Mechanical Engineering Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of general mechanical engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women. The typical general mechanical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at UT Austin since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general mechanical engineering 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 general mechanical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	86
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	43
White	118
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

UT Austin General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of general mechanical engineering master's degrees went to men and 36% went to women.

Of the students who received a general mechanical engineering master's degree from UT Austin, 52% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the general mechanical engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 6% 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 general mechanical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	33
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Careers That General Mechanical Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general mechanical engineering 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

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