Mechanical Engineering at United States Air Force Academy

If you are interested in studying mechanical engineering, you may want to check out the program at United States Air Force Academy. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

USAFA is located in USAF Academy, Colorado and approximately 4,307 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 36 ME majors received their bachelor's degree from USAFA.

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.

USAFA Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

USAFA Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at USAFA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 USAFA 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 Focused Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	98
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	118
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	262
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools	275

ME Student Demographics at USAFA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at United States Air Force Academy.

USAFA Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 89% of ME bachelor's degrees went to men and 11% went to women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at USAFA 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 United States Air Force Academy with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Engineering Chemistry
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Systems 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 CO, the home state for United States Air Force Academy.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Cost Estimators	5,520	$73,110
Mechanical Engineers	4,750	$104,220
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,350	$172,300
Aerospace Engineers	1,890	$124,070
Engineering Professors	1,040	$106,950

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 David Shankbone under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.