General Mechanical Engineering at University of Houston

If you plan to study general 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.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Mechanical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UH General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering
• Master’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering

UH General Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The general mechanical engineering major at UH is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

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

General Mechanical Engineering Student Demographics at UH

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

UH General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of general mechanical engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women. The typical general mechanical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at UH since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general mechanical engineering 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 general mechanical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	41
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	70
White	47
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UH General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 84% of general mechanical engineering master's degrees went to men and 16% went to women.

In the general mechanical engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	4
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Careers That General Mechanical Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general mechanical engineering 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

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