Mechanical Engineering at University of Alabama in Huntsville

If you are interested in studying mechanical engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of Alabama in Huntsville. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UAH is located in Huntsville, Alabama and approximately 9,999 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,684 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2021, 142 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.

UAH Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UAH Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at UAH 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 UAH 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 Schools	51
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	65
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	76
	102
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	184

Earnings of UAH ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAH is $63,270. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $65,190 for all ME students.

ME Student Demographics at UAH

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at University of Alabama in Huntsville.

UAH Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 142 ME majors earned their bachelor's degree from UAH. Of these graduates, 83% were men and 17% were women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at UAH 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 University of Alabama in Huntsville with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	115
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UAH also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 8 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer 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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Aerospace Engineers	4,080	$115,820
Mechanical Engineers	3,430	$90,030
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,290	$138,470
Cost Estimators	2,160	$59,870
Engineering Professors	530	$107,400

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 Spyder_Monkey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.