Mechanical Engineering at University of California - Los Angeles

What traits are you looking for in a ME school? To help you decide if University of California - Los Angeles is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's ME program.

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 44,589. In 2021, 154 ME majors received their bachelor's degree from UCLA.

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.

UCLA Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCLA Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at UCLA 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 UCLA 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
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	33
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	146
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	294

In 2021, 74 students received their master’s degree in ME from UCLA. This makes it the #26 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 24 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UCLA ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCLA is $68,857. This is 6% higher than $65,190, which is the national average for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at UCLA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at University of California - Los Angeles.

UCLA Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 154 ME students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UCLA, 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 UCLA since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 University of California - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	44
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	48
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

UCLA Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 74 students who earned a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA in 2020-2021, 85% were men and 15% were women.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Los Angeles with a master's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	22
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UCLA also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 24 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Geoscience Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Other Engineering
• General Engineering
• Materials 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Los Angeles.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Cost Estimators	28,660	$78,190
Mechanical Engineers	27,330	$107,370
Aerospace Engineers	11,440	$125,540
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.