Mechanical Engineering at University of Houston - Clear Lake

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

UH Clear Lake is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 9,053 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,603 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Houston - Clear Lake in 2021, 16 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.

UH Clear Lake Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

UH Clear Lake Mechanical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at UH Clear Lake 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 Popular Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	322

ME Student Demographics at UH Clear Lake

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at University of Houston - Clear Lake.

UH Clear Lake Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of ME bachelor's degrees went to men and 19% went to women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at UH Clear Lake since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at UH Clear Lake are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Houston - Clear Lake with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Systems 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 TX, the home state for University of Houston - Clear Lake.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Mechanical Engineers	20,820	$105,570
Cost Estimators	17,240	$73,950
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Aerospace Engineers	6,770	$122,570
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200

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 WhisperToMe under License

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