Engineering Mechanics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

If you are interested in studying engineering mechanics, you may want to check out the program at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679.

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

UIUC Engineering Mechanics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Mechanics
• Master’s Degree in Engineering Mechanics

UIUC Engineering Mechanics Rankings

The engineering mechanics major at UIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering Mechanics. 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.

Engineering Mechanics Student Demographics at UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering mechanics majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC Engineering Mechanics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 87% of engineering mechanics bachelor's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering mechanics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in engineering mechanics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UIUC Engineering Mechanics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of engineering mechanics master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in engineering mechanics.

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

Concentrations Within Engineering Mechanics

If you plan to be a engineering mechanics major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering Mechanics	38

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Operations Research
• Engineering Physics

Careers That Engineering Mechanics Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering mechanics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Engineers	4,000	$87,220
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.