Mechanical Engineering at University of Houston

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

UH is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 47,090. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 240 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from UH.

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 Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UH Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at UH 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 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 Schools	37
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools	45
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	179

In 2021, 33 students received their master’s degree in ME from UH. This makes it the #67 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #38 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UH ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH is $68,022. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $65,190 for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at UH

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

UH Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 240 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in ME from UH. About 82% were men and 18% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at UH since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	56
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	85
White	51
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

UH Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students earned a master's degree in ME from UH. About 30% of these graduates were women and the other 70% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UH also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 13 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Surveying Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Systems 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.

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.