Mechanical Engineering at United States Coast Guard Academy

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

USCGA is located in New London, Connecticut and approximately 1,056 students attend the school each year. Of the 252 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from United States Coast Guard Academy in 2021, 18 of them were mechanical engineering majors.

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.

USCGA Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

USCGA Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at USCGA 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 USCGA 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	35
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	45
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	316
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools	326

ME Student Demographics at USCGA

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

USCGA Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The ME program at USCGA awarded 18 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 83% of these degrees went to men with the other 17% going to women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at USCGA 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 Coast Guard Academy with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Marine Engineering
• Operations Research

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 CT, the home state for United States Coast Guard Academy.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Mechanical Engineers	4,020	$94,270
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,570	$143,920
Cost Estimators	1,840	$74,910
Aerospace Engineers	1,130	$106,790
Engineering Professors	420	$100,280

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 USCG Public Affairs photograph of United States Coast Guard under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.