Mechanical Engineering at University of Hawaii at Manoa

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

UH Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and approximately 18,025 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 75 ME majors received their bachelor's degree from UH Manoa.

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.

UH Manoa Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UH Manoa Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at UH Manoa 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 UH Manoa 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 Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	116
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	126
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	225

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in ME from UH Manoa. This makes it the #136 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #117 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UH Manoa ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH Manoa is $64,964. 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 UH Manoa

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

UH Manoa Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 75 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in ME from UH Manoa in 2021, 76% were men and 24% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at UH Manoa since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 61% 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 Hawaii at Manoa with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	33
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

UH Manoa Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from UH Manoa in 2020-2021, 92% were men and 8% were women.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 39% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UH Manoa also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Ocean Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• 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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
Cost Estimators	940	$82,390
Architectural and Engineering Managers	810	$140,610
Mechanical Engineers	740	$81,730
Aerospace Engineers	30	$121,100

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 No machine-readable author provided. under License

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