Mechanical Engineering at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

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

CU Anschutz is located in Denver, Colorado and has a total student population of 24,723. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 58 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from CU Anschutz.

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.

CU Anschutz Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

CU Anschutz Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at CU Anschutz 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 CU Anschutz 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
	147
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	166
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	190
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	307

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in ME from CU Anschutz. This makes it the #167 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of CU Anschutz ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at CU Anschutz is $65,913. This is 1% higher than $65,190, which is the national average for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at CU Anschutz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus.

CU Anschutz Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 58 ME majors earned their bachelor's degree from CU Anschutz. Of these graduates, 91% were men and 9% were women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at CU Anschutz are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	34
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

CU Anschutz Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

The ME program at CU Anschutz awarded 8 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 75% of these degrees went to men with the other 25% going to women.

Of the students who received a ME master's degree from CU Anschutz, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus with a master's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Engineering Science
• General Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Civil 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 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus.

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.