Mechanical Engineering at University of Central Oklahoma

If you plan to study mechanical engineering, take a look at what University of Central Oklahoma has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UCO is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and has a total student population of 14,132. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from UCO.

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.

UCO Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCO Mechanical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ME programs across the country. The following shows how UCO performed in these rankings.

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 UCO 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	108
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	286

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in ME from UCO. This is the #224 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UCO ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCO is $64,116. This is less than $65,190, which is the national average of all ME majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

ME Student Demographics at UCO

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at University of Central Oklahoma.

UCO Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 ME students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UCO, about 93% were men and 7% were women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at UCO are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Central Oklahoma with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UCO Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

The ME program at UCO awarded 1 master's degree in 2020-2021.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Biomedical Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical 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 OK, the home state for University of Central Oklahoma.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Mechanical Engineers	2,830	$88,190
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,980	$137,560
Cost Estimators	1,920	$64,300
Aerospace Engineers	1,110	$92,460
Engineering Professors	470	$95,790

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 Houstonman6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.